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
- 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。 - In the first place, it is a good way to lead you through the crowd.
首先，这是一个非常好带着你穿过人群的方法。 - 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。 - You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - 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。 - 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。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - 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。 - 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。