参考词典中in the first place的常规释义:
基本释义
- 首先,第一;从一开始
英英解释
2个副词解释
- before now
[同] earlier, in the beginning, in the first place, originally, to begin with
[例]- why didn't you tell me in the first place?
- of primary import
[同] in the first place, primarily
[反] secondarily
[例]- this is primarily a question of economics
- it was in the first place a local matter
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