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
- 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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, 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。 - 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。 - She could not have taken these massive doses orally. In the first place, she did not have enough pills.
她不可能口服这么大的剂量，因为她根本没有足够的药丸了。 - I was mad to have hired her in the first place.
我首先雇了她算是傻透了。 - 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。 - 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。