首先；起初

首先，从一开始; 压根儿; 固; 当初

in the first instance───首先；起初；在初审时

in the second place───其次；第二

in the firing line───在射击线上

in the front line───在前线

heart in the right place───心在正确的地方

another place───另一个地方

in the abstract───抽象地；理论上；概括地

in the frame───在框架内

in the midst of───在…之中

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。

I'm amazed they had the cheek to ask in the first place.───我真惊讶他们当初竟然有脸问。

I hear an echo of the thinking that got us into this mess in the first place.───我听到有人重提那个最先使我们陷入这一困境的想法。

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。

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。

What causes these genetic mix - ups to occur in the first place?───是什么首先引起这些基因混乱的 呢 ?

You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.───当初你就不该这么做.

She said, " I didn't want you to support me in the first place.───她说: “ 我本来也不要你养活.

Now you understand why I didn't want to come here in the first place. "───你现在明白为什么我当初不愿意来了. ”

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 did you choose basketball in the first place?───你为何首先选择篮球 呢 ?

" I can't imagine what possessed you to receive him in the first place.───" 首先,我不能想象你中的什么邪竟去接待其他来了.

In the first place there was dreadful line to be drawn.───首先,必须划一条令人很不痛快的界限.

If you're so chicken - hearted, Chih - sheng , you shouldn't have come out with us in the first place.───芝生,你那么胆小, 何必出来!

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 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。

Well, in the first place he has all the right qualifications.───噢，首先，他符合一切条件。

In the first place, we should decide on one program.