in the first instance ;to start with;at the start;to begin with
起初
属类：简明汉英词典--
If a People's Court at a lower level considers the circumstances of a criminal case in the first instance to be major or complex and to necessitate a trial by a People's Court at a higher level, it may request that the case be transferred to the People's Court at the next higher level for trial.
Yet the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods were full of publications intended, in the first instance , to be played through and meditated upon alone, equally well in quiet and solitude
In the first instance , we would be looking for plant life, rather than ‘little green men’.
首先我们要寻找植物,而不是那种“小绿人”。
属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册
In the event any dispute arises in connection with the validity, interpretation, or implementation of this Contract or any of its annexes, the Parties shall attempt in the first instance to resolve such dispute through friendly consultations.
如果发生与本合同或其任何附件的效力、解释或执行有关的争议,双方首先应争取通过友好协商解决该争议
属类：商务文书-软件许可协议
Wang Xian’s Head of Section will be Mr N F Lambkin. He Miss Insole and Wang Xian’formtutor (to be confirmed)are critical to her well-being and they should be contacted in the first instance should you have any concerns about her academic and/or pastoral development.
In the first instance , to the understanding of a concrete example of a later stage, to the definite conclusion that there is no luminiferous medium having the physical character assumed in the hypothesis.
The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be derived, in the first instance , from the converted spy. Hence it is essential that the converted spy be treated with the utmost liberality.
五间之事,君必知之,知之必在于反间,故反间不可不厚也。
属类：习语名句-古文名句-孙子兵法
Therefore soldiers must be treated in the first instance with humanity, but kept under control by means of iron discipline. This is a certain road to victory.
故令之以文,齐之以武,是谓必取。
属类：习语名句-古文名句-孙子兵法
This is because poetry is, in the first instance , carefully contrived to express exactly what the poet wants to say
这是因为诗首先要经过精心构思,以便确切地表达诗人所想要抒发的思想感情。
属类：综合句库-
In the first instance we had better make sure the calculations are correct.
首先我们最好保证计算是正确的
属类：综合句库-
In the first instance to Marseilles, madame.
“首先到马赛,夫人。”
属类：综合句库-
The heliograph must thus be carefully aligned in the first instance
回照器在开始时就要小心地对准。
属类：综合句库-
You should apply in the first instance to the personnel manager.
首先,你应向人事经理申请
属类：综合句库-
The appointment will be for a trial period of twelve months in the first instance .
开始使用期为12个月。
属类：商务文书-外贸函电-销售代理
In the first instance the specialist advice will need to be of a fairly broad and general nature. Broad-based health and safety specialists should be able to recognize and assess risk to health and risk of injury.
英语成语:in the first instance
In the first instance ,notify the police and then contact your insurance company.
