| 单词 | in the first place |
| 释义 | in the first place phrase B2 See full dictionary entry for place You say in the first place when you are talking about the beginning of a situation or about the situation as it was before a series of events. What brought you to Washington in the first place? Ideally, we should avoid gaffes in the first place. I don't think we should have been there in the first place. in the first place or in the second place phrase B2 See full dictionary entry for place You say in the first place and in the second place to introduce the first and second in a series of points or reasons. In the first place can also be used to emphasize a very important point or reason. In the first place you are not old and in the second place you are a very attractive man. She could not have taken these massive doses orally. In the first place, she did not have enough pills. |
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