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

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？
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。
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。
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。
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。
That is why we should not have fallen into the quagmire in the first place.
所以我们首先就不能陷入泥潭。
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。
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。
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。
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。