in the first place

A price promotion does not increase the number of long-term customers of a brand, as it attracts virtually no new customers in the first place.(价格促销并不会增加一个品牌的长期顾客数量，因为它根本就没有吸引到新的顾客。)

The biggest question is how they got into this mess in the first place.(关键问题是他们究竟是怎么惹出这样的麻烦的。)

I still don't understand why you chose that name in the first place.(我仍不明白，你究竟为什么取了这么个名字。)

It often happens that we have trouble in finding appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind in the first place.(首先，我们经常很难找到合适的词汇来表达我们的思想。)

Well, in the first place he has all the right qualifications.(噢，首先，他符合一切条件。)

"Good," said the soldier, "then in the first place help me out of this well."(“很好，”士兵说，“那么，首先你要帮我从这口井里出来。”)

In the first place you are not old, Conway. And in the second place, you are a very strong and appealing man.(首先，你不老，康韦。其次，你是个非常强壮、有魅力的男人。)

Moreover, in order to be curious, "you have to be aware of a gap in your knowledge in the first place."(此外，为了保持好奇心，“你必须首先意识到自己见识上的不足。”)

Anyone who had to worry about spoiled meat couldn't afford spices in the first place.(那些担心肉会变质的人一开始都买不起香料。)

Looking to the future, though, we asked him what the prospects are for a vaccine to prevent infection in the first place.(然而，展望未来时，我们首先问他一种预防传染的疫苗前景如何。)