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。
Well, in the first place he has all the right qualifications.
噢，首先，他符合一切条件。
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。
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。
I'm amazed they had the cheek to ask in the first place.
我很吃惊，他们最初竟有脸问。
What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么使你来到华盛顿？
I should never have taken that job in the first place.
我当初就不该接受那份工作。
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。
What made you want to become a taxi driver in the first place?
起初是什么使你想成为一名出租车司机的呢？
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。
Those of us who pushed for the bill will consider ourselves most successful if it acts as an incentive not to have it invoked in the first place.
我们这些推动该法案的人将认为自己是最成功的，如果它能作为一种激励，使其在一开始就不被动用。
If the entertainment industry really cared about sending the wrong message on body image, it wouldn't need so many slender celebrities in the first place.
如果娱乐产业真的在意传递关于身体形象的错误信息，那么它一开始就不需要那么多苗条的明星。
It is important to understand what causes your stress in the first place.
重要的是，首先要了解是什么导致了你的压力。
To make true friends, you need to be friendly to others in the first place.
要结交真正的朋友，首先就要对他人友好。
"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。”
Perhaps Jane shouldn't have got married in the first place.
也许简一开始就不该结婚。
We could really cut down on carbon emissions if less food was supplied in the first place.
如果一开始就减少粮食供应，我们就能真正减少碳排放。
The peasant answered, "In the first place, he says that there is some wine hidden under the pillow."
农夫回答说：“首先，他说枕头下面藏着一些酒。”
In order to be curious, "you have to be aware of a gap in your knowledge in the first place."
为了保持好奇心，“必须首先意识到自己见识上的不足。”
Many patients also gained a better understanding of the illnesses that landed them in the hospital in the first place.
许多病人也对最初让他们住院的疾病有了更好的了解。
You cannot be a judge in the first place. You must first become a lawyer.
你不能一开始就成为法官。你必须先成为一名律师。
In the first place, the boy creature did not come into the garden on his legs.
首先，那个男孩不是靠他的双腿进入花园的。
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。”
After all, students making their own choices in this respect is what caused the problem in the first place.
说到底，在这一方面由学生自主选择就是导致问题出现的首要原因。
How did we ever invent "unnatural" numbers in the first place?
我们最初是如何发明“非自然”数字的呢？
Why were those colors chosen for traffic lights in the first place?
为什么交通灯最初要选择这些颜色呢？
In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one.
首先，电视不仅是一种方便的娱乐来源，而且相对较便宜。
Greece would not have such a problem with higher bond yields if it had not borrowed so much money in the first place.
如果希腊一开始就没有借入这么多资金，它就不会面临债券收益率上升的问题。
The find helps cement the dinosaur-bird connection, but it also casts new light on the mystery of why nature invented feathers in the first place.
这一发现有助于巩固恐龙和鸟类之间的联系，但它也为自然界最初为什么会产生羽毛这一谜题提供了新的线索。
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。
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