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
- 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。 - I hear an echo of the thinking that got us into this mess in the first place
我听到有人重提那个最先使我们陷入这一困境的想法。 - What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？ - 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。 - Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 - 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。 - 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？ - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
我首先为什么要去邮局来着？ - It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place
最初是一颗流星促使我从事天文学。