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。 - 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？ - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - 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。 - 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。 - You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - I hear an echo of the thinking that got us into this mess in the first place
我听到有人重提那个最先使我们陷入这一困境的想法。 - This may have something to do with who is "in the room" in the first place.
这可能首先与谁“在那个房间里”有关。 - 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。 - What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？