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

Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
我首先为什么要去邮局来着？
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。
That's all well and good, but how do we find those applications in the first place?
这简直棒极了，但首先我们如何查找那些应用程序？
In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。
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。
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。
In the first place you are not old and in the second place you are a very attractive man
首先你不老，其次你是个富有魅力的男人。
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？
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。
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。