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
- 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。 - What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I was mad to have hired her in the first place.
我首先雇了她算是傻透了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。