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
- Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - 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'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。 - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - I ordered them to this world in the first place.
我命令他们首先进入这个世界。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。