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

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