| 单词 | in the first place |
| 释义 | in the first place 1．in the beginning；before now 早先；起初；早就 *You already ate breakfast！ Why didn't you tell me that in the first place？你已经吃过啦！你为什么一开始不告诉我呢？ *We would have finished the job long ago if we had listened to him in the first place．要是我们一开始就听他的话，这工作早就完成了。 *Carl patched his old ball but it soon leaked again． He should have bought a new one in the first place．卡尔把旧球补好，可很快又漏气了。他早就该买个新球了。 2． firstly首先 *You cannot go swimming．In the first place，the water is too cold；and in the second place，there is no enough time before dinner．你不能去游泳。第一，水太冷；第二，晚饭前没有足够的时间。 *In the first place，students should study hard．首先，学生应该努力读书。 |
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