1·Well, in the first place he has all the right qualifications.
噢，首先，他符合一切条件。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·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。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·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。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·What made you want to become a taxi driver in the first place?
起初是什么使你想成为一名出租车司机的呢？
5·It is important to understand what causes your stress in the first place.
重要的是，首先要了解是什么导致了你的压力。
6·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。
7·"Good," said the soldier, "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。”
8·In the first place, the boy creature did not come into the garden on his legs.
首先，那个男孩不是靠他的双腿进入花园的。
9·In order to be curious, "you have to be aware of a gap in your knowledge in the first place."
为了保持好奇心，“必须首先意识到自己见识上的不足。”
10·The peasant answered, "In the first place, he says that there is some wine hidden under the pillow."
农夫回答说：“首先，他说枕头下面藏着一些酒。”
1·In the first place, the boy creature did not come into the garden on his legs.
首先，那个男孩不是靠他的双腿进入花园的。
2·In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one.
首先，电视不仅是一种方便的娱乐来源，而且相对较便宜。
3·In the first place, most behaviors are governed by more than one gene, and until recently geneticists had no method for identifying the multiple genes involved.
首先，大多数行为是由不止一个基因控制的，而且直到最近遗传学家还没有方法来识别其涉及的多个基因。
4·In the first place you must rev it up to warm the engine.
首先你必须让发动机转起来预热。
5·In the first place, we often procrastinate not by doing fun tasks but by doing jobs whose only allure is that they aren't what we should be doing.
首先，有时候我们拖延并不是因为做享乐其中的事情而是做那些唯一诱惑之处就是它们不是我们应当在做的事情的那类工作。
1·Or, if Mr Obama had never wished to engage in a long wrangle with Mr Netanyahu, he should not have made such ambitious demands in the first place.
又或者，奥巴马根本没有打算陷入与内塔尼亚胡长期的纷争，那他起初就不该夸下海口表现得那么有雄心壮志。
2·But now you're finding out that keeping up with it is as hard as starting out in the first place.
但是现在你发现坚持下去跟你起初开始锻炼一样困难。
3·You already had breakfast! Why didn't you tell me that in the first place instead of saying you didn't want to eat?
你已经吃过早饭了！为什么你起初不告诉我而说你不想吃呢？