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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
  我首先为什么要去邮局来着？
• 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。
• 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。
• I ordered them to this world in the first place.
  我命令他们首先进入这个世界。
• 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。