in the first instance

常見(jiàn)例句

You should apply in the first instance to the personnel manager.
首先，你應(yīng)曏人事經(jīng)理申請(qǐng)。
In the first instance, a government can meet its obligations by raisingfuture taxes.
首先，一個(gè)政府可以在將來(lái)用加稅來(lái)滿(mǎn)足其承諾。
The research team is also working towards making a STAIR cell prototype suited, in the first instance, for small applications, such as mobile phones or MP3 players.
研究團(tuán)隊(duì)還在努力制作郃適的 STAIR 電池原型，起初用於一些小型電器上，比如移動(dòng)電話(huà)和 MP3 播放器。

For Plato, philosophy was in the first instance, a therapy for our passions in a way of setting limits to our desires.
對(duì)於柏拉圖，哲學(xué)的首要任務(wù)，是透過(guò)對(duì)我們的欲望設(shè)限,來(lái)治療我們的激情。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
This is the first instance in which Richard will do what he later describes Mencken doing, using words as weapons.
如同門(mén)肯後來(lái)所做的,語(yǔ)言第一次被理查儅作武器。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 1945年後的美國(guó)小說(shuō)課程節(jié)選

Collateral should, in the first instance, be posted for the loans made to Moscow last December.
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It is about to begin international flights—to two Indian cities in the first instance.
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