They finished in joint first place.

他们获得并列第一。

《牛津词典》

What brought you to Washington in the first place?

最初是什么使你来到华盛顿？

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I should never have taken that job in the first place.

我当初就不该接受那份工作。

《牛津词典》

It might help some get into a top college, but only if they have above-average scores in the first place.

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And he's going to have to rectify the circumstances that made his destruction of the earth necessary in the first place.

他不得不修正,他认为有必要毁灭人类的情形。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The reason I got to be a soccer team captain in the first place was because my coach said,

我最初之所以成为球队队长是因为我的教练说，

足球部队长的领导力 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Muto's short-lived tenure as the Fox "mole" wasn't particularly well thought-out in the first place.

WSJ: Fox News 'mole' resurfaces with book

The vision is the reason for being in the car and driving in the first place.

FORBES: Vision Is Not The Roadmap, It's The Reason For Having The Map In The First Place

Somebody needs to remind us why this story was interesting in the first place.

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