The governments use several ways to control immigration, in the first instance, legislation.

各国政府用了多种方法来控制移民，首先就是立法。

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”。

In the first instance, this money would go to contractors, suppliers, civil servants or welfare recipients.

首先，这些钱会流向承包商、供应商、公务员或者福利受益者。

This is why witches and wizards usually turn, in the first instance, to Disillusionment Charms for self-camouflage or concealment.

因此，巫师想要伪装或隐藏，一般首先考虑使用幻身咒。

" In the first instance, this will consist of taking on some of the Global Coalition's current training activities."

“首先，这将包括承担全球联盟目前的一些培训活动。”

And why did you open only the larger safe in the first instance?

为什么你一开始只打开较大的保险箱？

In the first instance, he made an experiment with some insensitive insects.

首先，他用了一些感觉迟钝的昆虫做实验。

The appointment of research officer will be for two years in the first instance.

【first】研究员的初始任期为两年。

Anyone wishing to join the society should apply in the first instance to the secretary.

【instance】任何人想加入协会都得先向秘书提出申请。

Enquiries should be made in the first instance to the Human Resources Director.

【first】如需查询请先人力资源主管联系。

Rose also explained her reasons for not confiding in her friend Mr. Losberne in the first instance.

罗斯还解释了她不第一时间向朋友洛斯伯恩先生吐露心声的原因。

You really want to ensure that firms are not engaging in illegal behavior in the first instance.

您确实希望首先确保公司不会从事非法行为。

So I learned to do my makeup, I think probably from watching my mum in the first instance.

所以我学会了化妆，我想可能一开始是看着我妈妈。

This news was unfortunately given in the first instance to Monsieur de Mortsauf instead of to his wife.

不幸的是，这个消息首先被告知了德莫尔绍夫先生，而不是他的妻子。

In the first instance, the passer-by does nothing but look on, but in the second the mischievous wag intervenes.

在第一种情况下，路人只是旁观，但第二种情况下，恶作剧者介入了。

What Labour needed to get past in the first instance was the complete toxicity of Jeremy Corbyn on the doorstep.

工党首先需要克服的是杰里米·科尔宾在家门口的完全毒性。

The core measure of vulnerability is not, in the first instance, America's debt level but rather its ballooning fiscal deficit.

衡量脆弱性的核心指标首先不是美国的债务水平，而是不断膨胀的财政赤字。

We want to be making sure we're conserving our resources, that firms are not engaging in illegal mergers in the first instance.

我们希望确保保护我们的资源，确保公司一开始就不会参与非法合并。

The expression " in the first place" can mean simply originally or in the first instance – at the beginning of a situation.

“首先”一词可以简单地表示最初或最初——在情况的开始。

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.

故合之以文，齐之以武，是谓必取。