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 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。 - 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。 - That's all well and good, but how do we find those applications in the first place?
这简直棒极了,但首先我们如何查找那些应用程序? - What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的? - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先,不是这个方向。 - 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。