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 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。 - 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。 - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - 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？ - It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place
最初是一颗流星促使我从事天文学。 - 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, 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？ - 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？ - 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。