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
- 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？ - This may have something to do with who is "in the room" in the first place.
这可能首先与谁“在那个房间里”有关。 - You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - 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。