in the first place

英 [ɪn ðə fɜːst pleɪs]

美 [ɪn ðə fɜːrst pleɪs]

起初; 一开始; （用于列举事项）第一，首先; （用于强调）首要的是

英英释义

adv

• of primary import
  1. this is primarily a question of economics
  2. it was in the first place a local matter
  Synonym:primarily
• before now
  1. why didn't you tell me in the first place?
  Synonym:earlierin the beginningto begin withoriginally

双语例句

• She could not have taken these massive doses orally. In the first place, she did not have enough pills.
  她不可能口服这么大的剂量，因为她根本没有足够的药丸了。
• I don't think we should have been there in the first place.
  我认为我们从一开始就不该在那儿。
• This is the whole reason I got suckered into the2000 Passat in the first place.
  这是我被2000年车型的帕萨特快整疯了的主要原因。
• How do we know that you're designing and constructing the right kind of application in the first place?
  首先我们如何知道你们正在设计和构建的应用程序的类型是合适的？
• We are to blame in the first place for breaking our own rules.
  我们没有遵守自己的规定，要首先受责备。
• You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
  当初你就不该这么做。
• Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
• What brought you to Washington in the first place?
  最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？
• That is why we should not have fallen into the quagmire in the first place.
  所以我们首先就不能陷入泥潭。
• If I only knew this I wouldn't live with you in the first place.
  如果早知道我就不跟你住一起了。