in the first instance

基本解釋

You should apply in the first instance to the personnel manager.
首先，你應(yīng)向人事經(jīng)理申請(qǐng)。
In the first instance, a government can meet its obligations by raisingfuture taxes.
首先，一個(gè)政府可以在將來(lái)用加稅來(lái)滿足其承諾。
The research team is also working towards making a STAIR cell prototype suited, in the first instance, for small applications, such as mobile phones or MP3 players.
研究團(tuán)隊(duì)還在努力制作合適的 STAIR 電池原型，起初用于一些小型電器上，比如移動(dòng)電話和 MP3 播放器。

For Plato, philosophy was in the first instance, a therapy for our passions in a way of setting limits to our desires.
對(duì)于柏拉圖，哲學(xué)的首要任務(wù)，是透過(guò)對(duì)我們的欲望設(shè)限,來(lái)治療我們的激情。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
This is the first instance in which Richard will do what he later describes Mencken doing, using words as weapons.
如同門(mén)肯后來(lái)所做的,語(yǔ)言第一次被理查當(dāng)作武器。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 1945年后的美國(guó)小說(shuō)課程節(jié)選

Collateral should, in the first instance, be posted for the loans made to Moscow last December.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Trying to put Moscow on the dole
It is about to begin international flights—to two Indian cities in the first instance.
ECONOMIST: The Himalayas’ open skies