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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Looking to the future, though, we asked him what the prospects are for a vaccine to prevent infection in the first place.
  不过，展望未来，我们问到他研制出防止感染的疫苗究竟有多大的可能性。
• 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。
• 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 should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
  当初你就不该这么做。