put in the first place

基本解释

Applying the thoughts to management work, psychology of managers and employees should be put in the first place in administration and control.
攻心为上，运用在管理工作中，就要把调节和控制管理者本人和被管理者的心理放在首位。
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Air compressor is a kind of pressure of work with machine, with temperature and pressure work, their run of security must be put in the first place.
空压机是一种带压工作的机器，工作时伴有温升和压力，其运行的安全性要放在首位。
Safety management should be put in the first place. In order to make the enterprises safe, efforts should be made to do well in HSE experiments and improve technologies.
安全管理工作要做为一把手工程来抓，贯彻落实安全生产责任制。做好HSE管理试点，提高安全科技含量，建设本质安全型企业。

The Security Council resolution was put in place after North Korea' first nuclear weapons test and the launch of a ballistic missile.
So, you can imagine, that we'll actually probably have a lot of kinetic energy left over if we put a lot of energy in in the first place.
因此，可以想象，如果我们一开始,就注入大量的能量,那么得到的动能也应该很大。
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Drivers know this and are instructed not to do it (same goes for soliciting a 5-star rating at the end of a trip, for that matter), because it so greatly undermines the confidence our customers put in Uber in the first place.
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Then why the heck was separating schools put forward in the first place?
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