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
- I was mad to have hired her in the first place.
我首先雇了她算是傻透了。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。