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

• 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。
• 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, it's not in that direction.
  首先，不是这个方向。
• 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。
• Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
  你为何首先选择篮球呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。