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

• 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。
• Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
  你为何首先选择篮球呢？
• The emphasis is swinging away from simply finding cures for illness to ways of preventing illness in the first place
  重点正从简单地对症下药转移到先期预防的方法上来。
• 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？
• 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。
• I was mad to have hired her in the first place.
  我首先雇了她算是傻透了。
• This is the whole reason I got suckered into the2000 Passat in the first place.
  这是我被2000年车型的帕萨特快整疯了的主要原因。
• We are to blame in the first place for breaking our own rules.
  我们没有遵守自己的规定，要首先受责备。
• 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。