【常用新聞英文語彙】in the first place 有4種中文語意，不只是「首先」！

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1.當初
Why did you choose basketball in the first place? 
當初你幹嘛選籃球？

2.根本
He wouldn't have given you the job in the first place if he didn't think you could do it.
如果他認為你做不了，他根本不會給你這個工作。

3.首先
In the first place, I'm too busy, and in the second I don't really want to go. 
首先，我很忙，其次，我不是真的想走。

4.原先
The trousers shrank when I washed them, but they weren't really big enough in the first place. 
褲子我洗了就縮水，但原先並沒有很大。