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
- You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - That is why we should not have fallen into the quagmire in the first place.
所以我们首先就不能陷入泥潭。 - 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。 - 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'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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。