1. 首先：然后下分为两点来说:第二句说公交车是公共交通工具,应该首先(in the first place)满足人的需求. 第三句话说养宠物并不被禁止,但是带宠物上公交车,即使不是无修养的和非法的,也是不合适和不礼貌的. 该句中的难点是if not的用法,
2. 起初,首先：in place of 代替 | in the first place 起初,首先 | in the last place 最后
3. 起初,本来;首先：in place of 代替 . | in the first place 起初,本来;首先 . | out of place 不相称;不合适 .
4. 首先,第一点：124、in the face of 面对;即使;在...前面 | 125、in the first place 首先,第一点 | 126、in the future 将来
1. The first round of talks on service trade cooperation took place in January 2007 in the Chinese capital of Beijing.
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2. Terry is adamant that he should never have been stripped of the captaincy by Capello in the first place.
3. This place became famous because it was an area of natural beauty first - the businesses moved in gently to cater to the tourists.
4. The drama " Cinderella " won the first place in an English drama contest in Xicheng District, where the school is located.
5. The first steps towards civil service reform took place in 1990 through pilot schemes in selected cities under the guidance of the State Council.
6. It has shed what little religious significance it had in the first place and gained a thick coating of mercantilism.
7. The first takes place when Martin leaves his apartment doused in a heady, expensive JS Aupres cologne.
8. in the first place
8. The conflict should not have arisen in the first place because legislators had drafted the necessary adjunct clause to the Real Rights Law.
9. Both Chinese and European applicants must also have good command of English language, otherwise they are unable to benefit from the programme in the first place.
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10. That apparently suggests the company had no intention of complying with the law in the first place.
adv
1. of primary import
e.g. this is primarily a question of economics
it was in the first place a local matter
Synonym: primarily
2. before now
e.g. why didn't you tell me in the first place?
Synonym: earlier in the beginning to begin with originally