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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - Looking to the future, though, we asked him what the prospects are for a vaccine to prevent infection in the first place.
不过，展望未来，我们问到他研制出防止感染的疫苗究竟有多大的可能性。 - Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
我首先为什么要去邮局来着？