in the first place
... in arow一个接一个地;持续不断地 in the first place(用于列举理由等时)首先;第一;原先 account n.叙述;账目;账户 ...
at first
... [submit] 听从支配和控制 [originally; at first] 〈方〉∶本来;原先 [yield to; accommodate oneself to] 无原则性,凑合别人;迁就 ...
originally
... original a 原先的,最初的,新颖的,与众不同的 originally n 原先,原来 employment n 职业,工作,就业 ...
former
... 原兽亚纲 = prototheria 原先 = former 原先 = original ...
原先,读音是yuán xiān,汉语词语,意思是从前、起初。