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
- You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - 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。 - And you are the only reason I showed up in the first place.
而你一直是我在这里出现的唯一原因。 - Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
我首先为什么要去邮局来着？ - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I ordered them to this world in the first place.
我命令他们首先进入这个世界。 - That is why we should not have fallen into the quagmire in the first place.
所以我们首先就不能陷入泥潭。