词汇 | first |
释义 | first | BrE fəːst, AmE fərst | A. adjective ① usually attributive (in sequence, placement) 第一的 ; (in time) 最早的 ; (initial) 最初的 ▸ it’s her first birthday 这是她1岁生日 ▸ on the first floor 在2楼 ▸ the first door on the right 右边的第一扇门 ▸ the first three pages 前三页 ▸ her first year at university 她上大学的头一年 ▸ the first symptoms of the disease 这种疾病的初起症状 ▸ one's first impression of sth 对某事物的第一印象 ▸ the first thing that comes to mind or into one's head 最先想到的事 ▸ in the first place (firstly) 首先 (immediately) 一开始 (anyway) 无论如何 ▸ why didn't you phone the police in the first place? 你为什么不先报警? ▸ he shouldn't have left the door open in the first place 他根本就不应该让门开着 ▸ to make the first move 采取主动 ▸ the first time 第一次 ▸ I warned him, not for the first time, that the current was very strong 我不止一次警告过他,水流很急 ▸ there's (got to be) a first time for everything 凡事都有第一次 ▸ to drink coffee first thing in the morning 一大早就喝咖啡 ▸ I'll do it first thing 我马上就做 ② usually attributive (most important) 最重要的 ; (top) 第一流的 ▸ my first duty 我的首要任务 ▸ my first choice 我的首选 ▸ to win first prize 获得一等奖 ▸ he was first, I was second 他第一名,我第二名 ▸ first-division football 足球甲级联赛 ▸ First Lord of the Admiralty 海军大臣 ▸ first things first 要事第一 ▸ to put first things first 先做要紧的事 ③ attributive (in name, title) 一世 ▸ Henry the First of England 英王亨利一世 ▸ Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington 亚瑟韦尔兹利,惠灵顿公爵一世 ④ (slightest) 最起码的 ▸ not to know the first thing about sb/sth 对某人/某事一无所知 ▸ not to have the first idea what to do/where to go 完全不知道该做什么/该去哪里 B. adverb ① (before others) 最先 ▸ he left first 他第一个走了 ▸ you (go) first! 你先请! ▸ ladies first! 女士优先! ▸ women and children first 妇女和儿童优先 ▸ she got there first literal 她先到了 informal figurative 她抢先一步 ▸ which comes first, A or B? A和B哪个在前? ▸ first come, first served (for service) 先来先接待 (to receive sth) 先到先得 ▸ to be born head first 出生时头先出来 ▸ I'll leave this house feet first figurative 我死了才会离开这栋房子 ② (at top of ranking, firstly) 第一 ▸ to come or finish first 获得第一名 ▸ to come or place first (in a competition) (在比赛中)得第一名 ▸ his career comes first 他把事业放在第一位 ▸ to put sb/sth first figurative 首先考虑某人/某事 ▸ to be a mother first and an accountant second 首先是一位母亲,然后才是一名会计师 ▸ first and last informal 从各方面看 ③ (in first position) 居第一位 ④ (for the first time) 第一次 ▸ the play was first performed in 1845 该剧的首次演出是在1845年 ▸ when did the symptoms first appear? 这些症状初次出现是什么时候? ⑤ (to begin with) 首先 ▸ first we must decide … 首先我们必须决定… ▸ first you say you like it, then you say you don't 你先是说喜欢它,然后又说不喜欢 ▸ first of all 首先 ⑥ (initially) 最初 ▸ when we were first married 我们刚结婚时 ▸ to be first used as sth 最初用作某物 ⑦ (rather) 宁可 ▸ move? I'd die first! 搬家?我宁死也不搬! C. noun ① singular (first one) (in sequence) 第一 ▸ I was the first to arrive 我第一个到 ▸ to be the first for 5 years 是5年来的第一个 ▸ Beethoven's first 贝多芬第一交响曲 ② ▸ (of date) the first 1日 ▸ the first of June, June the first 6月1日 ③ (the beginning) 开始 ▸ at first 最初 ▸ from the (very) first 从一开始 ▸ from first to last 自始至终 ④ (notable event) 空前的成就 ▸ to be a first; 是创举 ▸ a first for the Australian team 澳大利亚队的历史最好成绩 ⑤ Motor Vehicles 第一挡 ▸ to be in first «car, driver» 挂头挡 ⑥ British University 优等成绩 ▸ she got a first in physics 她获得物理一级优等学位 |
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