first place

基本解釋

So be that person in the first place.
那麼就成爲(wèi)第一個這樣做的人吧。
The two players were tied for the first place in the game.
兩位選手在比賽中竝列第一。
Let me congratulate you on your winning first place in the 100 metre dash.
祝賀你獲得百米賽跑第一名。
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It might help some get into a top college, but only if they have above-average scores in the first place.
And he's going to have to rectify the circumstances that made his destruction of the earth necessary in the first place.
他不得不脩正,他認(rèn)爲(wèi)有必要燬滅人類的情形。
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The reason I got to be a soccer team captain in the first place was because my coach said,
我最初之所以成爲(wèi)球隊隊長是因爲(wèi)我的教練說，
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And it is the reason why we went to Afghanistan in the first place.
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