| 释义 |
in the first place1As the first consideration or point: political reality was not quite that simple—in the first place, divisions existed within the parties...- None of the new measures seem to consider addressing the main cause of the problem in the first place.
- He refers to one recent study which considers the reasons why bloggers blog in the first place.
- To answer this we must consider whether Doris's acceptance is valid in the first place.
1.1At the beginning; to begin with: I should have told you in the first place...- What makes me feel so really stupid is how I actually managed to begin smoking in the first place.
- By the way, why do you feel the need to mention the fact that you carry a knife in the first place?
- Sadly, it also gave me the chance to remember why we had lost touch in the first place.
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