英语词汇“in the first place”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

17. A step or point in an order of progression or consideration. Frequently preceded by in with an ordinal number or its equivalent, as in the first place: firstly, first in order; at the beginning, to begin with. Similarly in the next place, in the last place, etc.

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession > a place in a series

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1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. cxxxvii I not onely in the fyrst place rehersed hym as he spake hym self, but afterward also in the seconde place I toke the payne for hym to mende his collacyon.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiv. 105 So in the first place receiuing aptly the sharpe accent he is made long: afterward receiuing the flat accent more aptly then the sharpe.

1639 Act in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 69 All debts growing due for wine..or other licquors shall be paid in the last place after all other debts are satisfied.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 325 Two thousand..lost their lives, and the Priests in the first place.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 393 I shall therefore in the first place see what [etc.].

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 39. ¶7 I must in the next place observe [etc.].

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. iii. 551 In the first place, this sinking fund..is generally altogether inadequate for paying..the whole debt..; and, in the second place, this fund is almost always applied to other purposes.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. ii. 33 He had vanity, which strongly inclined him, in the first place, to think she did love him..and which, secondly [etc.] .

1827 D. Douglas Jrnl. 4 June (1914) 271 In the first place, two horses would be requisite to carry my papers, blanket, and food..; in the next place [etc.].

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lii. 301 In the first place, frost strikes deeper in America... In the next place, the streets are more often disturbed.

1916 E. Price Frederica Dennison, Spinster 140 If Miss Dennison hadn't laid down the law in the first place, we'd have been ragtiming and jigging, same as we used to.

1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake x. 197 His wife and both of his kids got burned to death when his house went up... They reckon that's what sent him onto the slops in the first place.

1988 G. Adair Holy Innocents I. 25 In the first place,..a paper costs more than a Métro ticket.

2009 Independent 15 Aug. (Mag.) 9/1 For me, freeganism is about making one simple point: that this food should not be thrown away in the first place.

单词	in the first place
释义	> as lemmas in the first place 17. A step or point in an order of progression or consideration. Frequently preceded by in with an ordinal number or its equivalent, as in the first place: firstly, first in order; at the beginning, to begin with. Similarly in the next place, in the last place, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession > a place in a series stalec1400 place1533 room1576 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. cxxxvii I not onely in the fyrst place rehersed hym as he spake hym self, but afterward also in the seconde place I toke the payne for hym to mende his collacyon. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiv. 105 So in the first place receiuing aptly the sharpe accent he is made long: afterward receiuing the flat accent more aptly then the sharpe. 1639 Act in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 69 All debts growing due for wine..or other licquors shall be paid in the last place after all other debts are satisfied. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 325 Two thousand..lost their lives, and the Priests in the first place. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 393 I shall therefore in the first place see what [etc.]. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 39. ¶7 I must in the next place observe [etc.]. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. iii. 551 In the first place, this sinking fund..is generally altogether inadequate for paying..the whole debt..; and, in the second place, this fund is almost always applied to other purposes. View more context for this quotation 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. ii. 33 He had vanity, which strongly inclined him, in the first place, to think she did love him..and which, secondly [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1827 D. Douglas Jrnl. 4 June (1914) 271 In the first place, two horses would be requisite to carry my papers, blanket, and food..; in the next place [etc.]. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lii. 301 In the first place, frost strikes deeper in America... In the next place, the streets are more often disturbed. 1916 E. Price Frederica Dennison, Spinster 140 If Miss Dennison hadn't laid down the law in the first place, we'd have been ragtiming and jigging, same as we used to. 1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake x. 197 His wife and both of his kids got burned to death when his house went up... They reckon that's what sent him onto the slops in the first place. 1988 G. Adair Holy Innocents I. 25 In the first place,..a paper costs more than a Métro ticket. 2009 Independent 15 Aug. (Mag.) 9/1 For me, freeganism is about making one simple point: that this food should not be thrown away in the first place. extracted from placen.¹ < as lemmas
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