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

• 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。
• 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。
• Well, ask yourself this question: which one is easier to move in the first place?
  问下你自己这个问题：那一个首先比较容易移动？
• What brought you to Washington in the first place?
  最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？
• 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。
• In the first place you must rev it up to warm the engine.
  首先你必须让发动机转起来预热。
• Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
  我首先为什么要去邮局来着？
• 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, it's not in that direction.
  首先，不是这个方向。