
首先;起初
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 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。
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。
To make true friends, you need to be friendly to others in the first place.
要结交真正的朋友,首先就要对他人友好。
Good, said the sol***r, then in the first place help me out of this well.
“很好,”士兵说,“那么,首先你要帮我从这口井里出来。”
|at first/at the beginning/above all/in the first instance;首先;起初
"in the first place"是英语中常见的强调性短语,具有两个核心语义层次:
时间顺序或初始状态 表示某事物在时间线或事件序列中的起始位置,通常用于追溯根源或对比现状。牛津英语词典将其定义为"at the beginning of a situation"(在某个情境的初始阶段)。例如:"Why didn't you mention this in the first place?"(你最初为何不提及此事?)
强调根本原因或优先事项 在论证语境中突显核心因素,剑桥词典解释为"used to talk about what someone should really do or should have done"(用于说明某人真正应该做的或本应做的事)。例如:"We should in the first place consider environmental impacts."(我们首先应考虑环境影响)
该短语的变体形式"in the first/second/third place"常用于列举论点,其中第一论点具有最高优先级。根据Merriam-Webster词典,这种用法源自16世纪英国议会辩论的席位排列传统。
“In the first place” 是一个英语短语,主要有以下两种含义和用法:
语法特点:
语气提示:
jeepmaterialstrangedormantcelloAlbanialiningsmnemonicmowestratigraphybusiness studiesfolk singerin all directionsLCD Displaypiggy bankswell upvisible tradeblepharelosiscampionchlorthiondistinctivenesselectrodiagnosisfoulbroodgeoscopeheadshrinkerhyposteelKWIClithiocarminemetropolypusprotists