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.(價格促銷并不會增加一個品牌的長期顧客數量，因為它根本就沒有吸引到新的顧客。)

The biggest question is how they got into this mess in the first place.(關鍵問題是他們究竟是怎么惹出這樣的麻煩的。)

I still don't understand why you chose that name in the first place.(我仍不明白，你究竟為什么取了這么個名字。)

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，我們經常很難找到合適的詞匯來表達我們的思想。)

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

"Good," said the soldier, "then in the first place help me out of this well."(“很好，”士兵說，“那么，首先你要幫我從這口井里出來。”)

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，康韋。其次，你是個非常強壯、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，為了保持好奇心，“你必須首先意識到自己見識上的不足。”)

Anyone who had to worry about spoiled meat couldn't afford spices in the first place.(那些擔心肉會變質的人一開始都買不起香料。)

Looking to the future, though, we asked him what the prospects are for a vaccine to prevent infection in the first place.(然而，展望未來時，我們首先問他一種預防傳染的疫苗前景如何。)