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
- 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。 - How do we know that you're designing and constructing the right kind of application in the first place?
首先我们如何知道你们正在设计和构建的应用程序的类型是合适的？ - In the first place you are not old and in the second place you are a very attractive man
首先你不老，其次你是个富有魅力的男人。 - I ordered them to this world in the first place.
我命令他们首先进入这个世界。 - 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。 - You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - 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。 - 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。 - Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
我首先为什么要去邮局来着？