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

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。
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。
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？
I ordered them to this world in the first place.
我命令他们首先进入这个世界。
The emphasis is swinging away from simply finding cures for illness to ways of preventing illness in the first place
重点正从简单地对症下药转移到先期预防的方法上来。
What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？
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。
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。
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。