in the first place

英[ɪnðəfɜːstpleɪs] 美[ɪnðəfɜːrstpleɪs]
  • 起初;首先
  • first adj.第一的;最初的adv.首先;第一n.最初;(序数词)第一
  • in prep.在...里;在...地方;在...期间;在...方面;进入...里面;处于...状态;穿着...;以...的方式adv.在家;入;进;向里;在某地;并入;在某种关系中adj.在里面的;新来的;执政的;时髦的n.当权者;影响;达成目标的路径
  • place n.地方;地位;职位;获奖的名次v.将(某物)放置;安排;订货;寄托;辨认;获得名次
  • the art.那;这;这些;那些adv.(用于比较级前)更加;用于最高级前;(用于形容词、副词比较级前)越...越...
Adverb:
  1. before now;

    "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

  2. of primary import;

    "this is primarily a question of economics"
    "it was in the first place a local matter"

    1. He disliked school in the beginning.
      起初他不喜欢上学。
    2. At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
      起初神创造天地。
    3. In the first place, we should solve this problem.
      首先,我们应该解决这个问题。
    4. Firstly, let us deal with the most important issue.
      首先让我们来处理最紧要的问题。

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