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
- What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？ - 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。 - 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？ - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - 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。