It might have been better if we never went there in the first place.

或许我们一开始就不该去那儿。

金山词霸

Why did you choose basketball in the first place?

你为何首先选择篮球 呢 ?

《简明英汉词典》

Mesopotamia was likely the first place where humans achieved mastery over major rivers on Earth.

美索不达米亚可能是地球上人类最早实现对主干河流掌控的地方。

金山词霸

You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.

当初你就不该这么做.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

In the first place there was dreadful line to be drawn.

首先,必须划一条令人很不痛快的界限.

辞典例句

What causes these genetic mix - ups to occur in the first place?

是什么首先引起这些基因混乱的 呢 ?

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Theology occupied the first place among the sciences.

神学则位于众学科之首.

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She said, " I didn't want you to support me in the first place.

她说: “ 我本来也不要你养活.

汉英文学 - 围城

Now you understand why I didn't want to come here in the first place. "

你现在明白为什么我当初不愿意来了. ”

汉英文学 - 围城

" I can't imagine what possessed you to receive him in the first place.

" 首先,我不能想象你中的什么邪竟去接待其他来了.

飘（部分）

If you're so chicken - hearted, Chih - sheng , you shouldn't have come out with us in the first place.

芝生,你那么胆小, 何必出来!

子夜部分

But why did they get all these bad names in the first place?

但为什么他们一开始得此莫须有的罪名?

英语晨读30分（高三）

In the first place, Hoover was as inept at politics as he was superb at administration.

首先, 胡佛精于管理而拙于政治.

辞典例句

What allowed them enough air in the first place was an unexpected stroke of luck.

能使他俩有足够空气的首先是偶然的运气.

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It was possible for her to hear in the first place what the extenuating circumstances were.

对她来说首先有可能听到缓和一些的情况是个什么样子.

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