Robert, when was the first instance of comets in recorded history?

有历史记载的彗星第一次出现是什么时候？

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。

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this is the first recorded instance of the word.

根据牛津英语词典，这是关于这个词的最早记载。

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。

If I Ran the Zoo, published in 1950, contains the first written instance of the word " nerd."

在1950年出版的《如果我统治了动物园》一书中，“书呆子”一词首先出现在了书面用语中。

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。”

So at the very least it's extremely rare, it might be the first instance of it happening exactly this way.

至少这是极其罕见的，这可能是第一次以这样的形式发生。

The data offered the first known instance of TTX-making bacteria on a land animal.

这些数据提供了陆地动物身上第一个已知的 TTX 制造细菌实例。

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。

To the colonists though it was the first instance of taxation without representation and it was a first step toward revolution.

对殖民者来说，这是通往无代表纳税的第一个事件，也是引发后来的大革命的第一步。

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。

The first instance a lot of fans will remember was the 2001 tournament in Indian Wells California.

许多球迷会记得的第一场比赛是 2001 年在加利福尼亚州印第安维尔斯举行的锦标赛。

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。

You know, that was probably one of the first instances that I had to work with motion capture.

你知道，那可能是我必须使用动作捕捉的第一个实例。