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