首先,第一;从一开始
in the first place
adv 1: before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
[syn: {earlier}, {in the beginning}, {to begin with},
{originally}]
2: of primary import; "this is primarily a question of
economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"
[syn: {primarily}] [ant: {secondarily}]