
首先;起初
Well, in the first place he has all the right qualifications.
噢,首先,他符合一切條件。
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,康韋。其次,你是個非常強壯、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,展望未來時,我們首先問他一種預防傳染的疫苗前景如何。
To make true friends, you need to be friendly to others in the first place.
要結交真正的朋友,首先就要對他人友好。
Good, said the sol***r, then in the first place help me out of this well.
“很好,”士兵說,“那麼,首先你要幫我從這口井裡出來。”
|at first/at the beginning/above all/in the first instance;首先;起初
"in the first place"是英語中常見的強調性短語,具有兩個核心語義層次:
時間順序或初始狀态 表示某事物在時間線或事件序列中的起始位置,通常用于追溯根源或對比現狀。牛津英語詞典将其定義為"at the beginning of a situation"(在某個情境的初始階段)。例如:"Why didn't you mention this in the first place?"(你最初為何不提及此事?)
強調根本原因或優先事項 在論證語境中突顯核心因素,劍橋詞典解釋為"used to talk about what someone should really do or should have done"(用于說明某人真正應該做的或本應做的事)。例如:"We should in the first place consider environmental impacts."(我們首先應考慮環境影響)
該短語的變體形式"in the first/second/third place"常用于列舉論點,其中第一論點具有最高優先級。根據Merriam-Webster詞典,這種用法源自16世紀英國議會辯論的席位排列傳統。
“In the first place” 是一個英語短語,主要有以下兩種含義和用法:
語法特點:
語氣提示:
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