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

• 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。
• I'm amazed they had the cheek to ask in the first place
  我真惊讶他们当初竟然有脸问。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the first place, it's not in that direction.
  首先，不是这个方向。
• You and your people were the reason we came here in the first place.
  你和你的人民是我们来这里的首要原因。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。