| 释义 |
in the first place
释义
首先，最初：在句子末尾使用，表示在某种情况下应该在一开始就采取某种行动或做出某种决定。在列举某事物的最重要部分或最重要原因时也可以使用。
例句
1·Well, in the first place he has all the right qualifications.
噢，首先，他符合一切条件。
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2·In the first place you are not old, Conway. And in the second place, you are a very strong and appealing man.
首先，你不老，康韦。其次，你是个非常强壮、有魅力的男人。
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3·Looking to the future, though, we asked him what the prospects are for a vaccine to prevent infection in the first place .
然而，展望未来时，我们首先问他一种预防传染的疫苗前景如何。
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同义词
首先；起初
at firstat the beginningabove allin the first instance
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