元来
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- originally, essentially, naturally, by nature, really, actually
- in the first place, to begin with
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Originally, this region was a land where agriculture flourished.
He is, by nature, a person who is not good at socializing.
This system was, in the first place, established to protect the citizens.
She argued that science essentially begins with having questions.
This contract was, to begin with, supposed to have been concluded under the mutual agreement of both parties.
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