单词：in_the_beginning 

副词

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  [1.r.in_the_beginning] (同义词:[primitively( adv. 最初地, 自学而成地 )]  [originally( adv. 最初, 原先 )]  [in_the_beginning(起初, 首先 )]  )
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  注释列句：with reference to the origin or beginning
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  [2.r.in_the_beginning] (同义词:[in_the_first_place(adv.首先 )]  [earlier(adj.早的,初期的 adv. 早地,初期的 )]  [in_the_beginning(起初, 首先 )]  [to_begin_with(adv.首先, 本来 )]  [originally( adv. 最初, 原先 )]  )
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  注释列句：before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"