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
- this is primarily a question of economics
- it was in the first place a local matter
- before now
- why didn't you tell me in the first place?
双语例句
- In the first place, it is a good way to lead you through the crowd.
首先，这是一个非常好带着你穿过人群的方法。 - I ordered them to this world in the first place.
我命令他们首先进入这个世界。 - 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。 - 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 and your people were the reason we came here in the first place.
你和你的人民是我们来这里的首要原因。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - I was mad to have hired her in the first place.
我首先雇了她算是傻透了。 - 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。 - 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。 - Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
我首先为什么要去邮局来着？