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
- How do we know that you're designing and constructing the right kind of application in the first place?
首先我们如何知道你们正在设计和构建的应用程序的类型是合适的？ - 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。 - 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。 - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - 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。 - What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？ - 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。 - In the first place you are not old and in the second place you are a very attractive man
首先你不老，其次你是个富有魅力的男人。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？