first的意思

基本释义

• adv 第一；首先；优先；宁愿

  before doing anything else, or before anything else happens

• n 第一；开始；冠军

  something that has never happened or been done before

• adj 第一的；基本的；最早的

  coming before all the other things or people in a series

• num 第一

  something that has never happened or been done before

例句

1. I’ll join you in a minute but I need to make a phone call first.

   我一会儿就来，但是我得先打个电话。

2. I'm the first in our village to go to university.

   我是我们村第一个上大学的。

3. The first is better than the second.

   第一个比第二个好。

4. This second event was contemporary with the first.

   第二个事件和第一个事件发生在同一时代。 (

短语

• first time 第一次；第一时间
• at first 起先，首先；最初
• quality first 质量第一
• first of all adv. 首先
• customer first 客户至上；顾客至上

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英英释义

noun 1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) Synonym: first base 2. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle used to start a car moving Synonym: first gearlow gearlow 3. an honours degree of the highest class Synonym: first-class honours degree 4. the first element in a countable series e.g. the first of the month Synonym: number onenumber 1 5. the first or highest in an ordering or series e.g. He wanted to be the first Synonym: number one 6. the time at which something is supposed to begin e.g. they got an early start she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her Synonym: beginningcommencementoutsetget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtimeoffset adj 1. ranking above all others e.g. was first in her class the foremost figure among marine artists the top graduate Synonym: foremostworld-class 2. serving to begin e.g. the beginning canto of the poem the first verse Synonym: beginning(a) 3. serving to set in motion e.g. the magazine's inaugural issue the initiative phase in the negotiations an initiatory step toward a treaty his first (or maiden) speech in Congress the liner's maiden voyage Synonym: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maiden 4. preceding all others in time or space or degree e.g. the first house on the right the first day of spring his first political race her first baby the first time the first meetings of the new party the first phase of his training 5. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections e.g. first soprano the first violin section played first horn 6. indicating the beginning unit in a series Synonym: 1st adv 1. before anything else e.g. first we must consider the garter snake Synonym: firstly, foremost, first, of, all, first, off 2. the initial time e.g. when Felix first saw a garter snake Synonym: for the first time 3. prominently forward e.g. he put his best foot foremost Synonym: foremost 4. before another in time, space, or importance e.g. I was here first let's do this job first

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