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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was mad to have hired her in the first place.
  我首先雇了她算是傻透了。