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's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - I ordered them to this world in the first place.
我命令他们首先进入这个世界。 - 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。 - If we could predict the evolution of markets, we would not need markets in the first place.
如果我们可以预测市场将如何演进，那我们也就不需要市场了。 - 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。 - 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。 - You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - 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。 - It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place
最初是一颗流星促使我从事天文学。