【句子】Well, why did you date her in the first place? 【Desperate Housewives S2E8】

【发音】/wel/ /waɪ/ /dɪd/ /ju:/ /deɪt/ /hɜː(r)/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈfɜː(r)st/ /pleɪs/

【发音技巧】did you音的同化；date her击穿+连读+闪音；first place失去爆破；

【翻译】那你当初为什么要和她约会呢？

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下这个表达，in the first place，这个短语我们在之前的节目中也见到过，它表示什么意思呢？可以理解成initially或者to begin with；

“一开始；起初”；当然了，有的时候，这个短语一加上，就会让你觉得是在讨论某件事情之前为什么发生，以及它到底原本是否应该发生。

This phrase can be used to talk about why something was done or whether it should have been done or not.

eg: You should have said you were feeling ill in the first place! I wouldn't have given you such a hard time if I'd known.

你当时一开始就应该说你感觉不舒服，如果我要是知道的话，我就不会那么难为你了。

eg: I never would have bought this car in the first place if I'd known there weren't airbags.

如果我当时要是知道这车没有气囊的话，我一开始就不会买它。

eg: Honestly? I never knew why those two got married in the first place.

说实话，我一直都不知道这俩人一开始为啥要结婚。

eg: I should never have taken that job in the first place.

我当初就不该接受那份工作。

在一些情况下，in the first place也可以理解成“首先；第一点；首要的是”这样的意思；

eg: I'm sick of living in this city—in the first place, the traffic makes commuting to work an absolute nightmare!

我厌倦了住在这个城市里，首先，这儿的交通让上班通勤变成了彻头彻尾的噩梦。

eg: In the first place, you don't have enough money to buy one. In the second place, you don't need one.

首先，你没有足够的钱买一个。其次，你也并不需要一个。

eg: In the first place, I don't have the time. In the second place, I'm not interested.

首先，我没那时间。其次，我不感兴趣。

eg: Why didn't you tell me in the first place that you've decided to leave?

你为什么不一开始就告诉我你已经决定了要走？

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In the first place it's not your car, and in the second you're not old enough to drive it. Is that clear?

【绝望的主妇】“我当初就不该接受那份工作。” 08:17 Share

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