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
- Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
我首先为什么要去邮局来着？ - I was mad to have hired her in the first place.
我首先雇了她算是傻透了。 - 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。 - 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。 - What can I tell you? You shouldn't have been riding it in the first place.
你要我怎么说呢？你首先就不应该骑摩托车。 - And you are the only reason I showed up in the first place.
而你一直是我在这里出现的唯一原因。 - In the first place you are not old and in the second place you are a very attractive man
首先你不老，其次你是个富有魅力的男人。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - I'm amazed they had the cheek to ask in the first place
我真惊讶他们当初竟然有脸问。 - 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。