1 ORD 最早的;最先的;第一位的 The
first thing, person, event, or period of time is the one that happens or comes before all the others of the same kind.
最早的;最先的;第一位的 -
She lost 16 pounds in the first month of her diet.
她節食的頭一個月就減掉了16磅。
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...the first few flakes of snow.
初落的幾片雪花
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Two years ago Johnson came first in the one hundred metres at Seoul.
兩年前約翰遜在首爾獲得100米短跑冠軍。
First is also a pronoun.
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The second paragraph startled me even more than the first.
第二段比第一段更讓我吃驚。
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He put me through a series of exercises to improve my car control. The first was to drive on simulated ice.
他讓我進行一系列的練習以提高我的控車能力。第一項就是在模拟冰面上駕車。
2 ADV [ADVERB with verb] 最早;最先;先 If you do something
first, you do it before anyone else does, or before you do anything else.
最早;最先;先 -
I do not remember who spoke first, but we all expressed the same opinion.
我不記得是誰最先發言的,但我們全都表達了相同的看法。
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First, tell me what you think of my products.
先談談你覺得我的産品怎麽樣吧。
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Routine questions first, if you don't mind.
如果不介意的話,請先回答一些例行問題吧。
3 ORD 第一(次)的;首(次)的 When something happens or is done for the
first time, it has never happened or been done before.
第一(次)的;首(次)的 4 N-SING 首次出現的事物;首例 An event that is described as
a first has never happened before and is important or exciting.
首次出現的事物;首例 5 PRON 第一次;首次 The first you hear of something or
the first you know about it is the time when you first become aware of it.
第一次;首次 -
We heard it on the TV last night — that was the first we heard of it.
昨晚我們在電視上聽到了這件事—那是我們頭回聽說。
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When Mark arrived home that afternoon, it was the first he knew for sure of the surprise party.
馬克那天下午回到家時是他第一次確切知道有驚喜派對這回事。
6 ADV [ADVERB before verb] 最初;起初;開始 You use
first when you are talking about what happens in the early part of an event or experience, in contrast to what happens later.
最初;起初;開始 First is also an ordinal.
7 ADV [ADVERB after verb] (強調不願意做某事)甯可,甯願 In order to emphasize your determination not to do a particular thing, you can say that rather than do it, you would do something else
first .
(強調不願意做某事)甯可,甯願 [emphasis] 8 ADV (用於列舉條目)第一,首先 You use
first when you are about to give the first in a series of items.
(用於列舉條目)第一,首先 -
Certain guidelines can be given. First, have a heating engineer check the safety of the system.
可以提供一些指導原則:第一,找位供暖工程師檢查系統的安全性。
9 ORD (一列中)離得最近的,最前面的 The
first thing, person, or place in a line is the one that is nearest to you or nearest to the front.
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Before him, in the first row, sat the President.
在他面前第一排坐着總統。
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First in the queue were two Japanese students.
隊伍最前面是兩個日本學生。
10 ORD 首要的;頭等的 You use
first to refer to the best or most important thing or person of a particular kind.
首要的;頭等的 -
The first duty of any government must be to protect the interests of the taxpayers.
任何政府的首要職責都必須是保護納稅人的利益。
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Imagine winning the local lottery first prize of £5,000.
想象一下中個5,000英鎊的當地彩票頭獎吧。
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...first team football.
一線隊足球
11 ORD (用於工作或職位的頭銜中)最高的 First is used in the title of the job or position of someone who has a higher rank than anyone else with the same basic job title.
(用於工作或職位的頭銜中)最高的 12 N-COUNT (英國大學的)優等學位,一級榮譽學位 In British universities, a
first is an honours degree of the highest standard.
(英國大學的)優等學位,一級榮譽學位 13 PHRASE [PHRASE with cl] 第一;首先 You use
first of all to introduce the first of a number of things that you want to say.
第一;首先 [informal] -
The cut in the interest rates has not had very much impact in California for two reasons. First of all, banks are still afraid to loan.
降息在加利福尼亞並未産生多大影響,原因有二。首先,銀行仍然不敢放貸。
14 PHRASE 最初;起初;開始時 You use
at first when you are talking about what happens in the early stages of an event or experience, or just after something else has happened, in contrast to what happens later.
最初;起初;開始時 -
At first, he seemed surprised by my questions.
起初,他似乎對我的問題感到驚訝。
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I had some difficulty at first recalling why we were there.
剛開始回想我們爲什麽會在那兒時我有些費勁。
15 PHRASE 居於首要地位;佔據頭等位置 If you say that someone or something
comes first for a particular person, you mean they treat or consider that person or thing as more important than anything else.
居於首要地位;佔據頭等位置 16 PHRASE 先到先接待;先到先供應;按先來後到對待 You say '
first come first served' to indicate that a group of people or things will be dealt with or given something in the order in which they arrive.
先到先接待;先到先供應;按先來後到對待 17 PHRASE [PHRASE with cl] 從最初;從一開始 From the first means ever since something started.
從最初;從一開始 -
You knew about me from the first, didn't you?.
從一開始你就知道我,對吧?
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I thought from the first that she was a little unsure about that marriage.
從一開始我就覺得她對那樁婚事心裏沒底。
SYN from the start, from the beginning, from the outset, from the very beginning
18 PHRASE 第一手地;直接;親自 If you learn or experience something
at first hand, you experience it yourself or learn it directly rather than being told about it by other people.
第一手地;直接;親自 19 PHRASE 對…一無所知;對…毫不知曉 If you say that you
do not know the first thing about something, you are emphasizing that you know absolutely nothing about it.
對…一無所知;對…毫不知曉 [emphasis] 20 PHRASE [PHRASE with cl] 第一;首先 You use
first off to introduce the first of a number of things that you want to say.
第一;首先 [informal] 21 PHRASE 視…爲最重要;把…放在首位 If you
put someone or something
first, you treat or consider them as more important than anything else.
視…爲最重要;把…放在首位 22 PHRASE 最重要的先做;最要緊的先處理 You say '
first things first' when you are talking about something that should be done or dealt with before anything else because it is the most important.
最重要的先做;最要緊的先處理 Quotations
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