first

英 [fɜːst] 美 [fɜːrst]

• adj. 第一的；最初的
• adv. 首先；第一
• n. 最初；(序数词)第一

双解释义

num. (数词)

1. 第一(个人或事物)

   first person or thing mentioned or occurring

adv. (副词)

1. 第一,最早,首先

   before anything else; before the others

2. 首次

   for the first time

3. 宁愿

   more willingly

adj. (形容词)

1. [A]第一的; 最初的; 最早的; 最先的; 第一流的; 最重要的

   coming before all others in time, order, importance, etc.

2. 一点也不

   not even one

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 最早的，最先的，最初的
2. 第一流的，最上等的
3. 第一的，第一位的
4. 基本的，概要的
5. 最高的
6. 最前面的
7. 高音（调）的
8. 首次的
9. 空前的
10. 最重要的

adv. 副词

1. 首先，第一
2. 首次，第一次
3. 宁愿，宁可
4. 最初，起初，起先，先
5. 首要，首要的是
6. 完全地

n. 名词

1. 第一，第一个，第一名，第一位，第一个人
2. 优等
3. 开始，最初
4. 开始时间
5. 最低挡，头档
6. 优等成绩，最高成绩
7. 第一把手
8. 首要的事物
9. Far Infra Red & Sub Telescope 远红外和亚毫米波望远镜，欧空天文卫星

英英释义

Noun:

1. the first or highest in an ordering or series;

   "He wanted to be the first"
   

2. the first element in a countable series;

   "the first of the month"
   

3. the time at which something is supposed to begin;

   "they got an early start"
   "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
   

4. 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)

5. an honours degree of the highest class

6. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

Adjective:

1. preceding all others in time or space or degree;

   "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"
   

2. indicating the beginning unit in a series

3. serving to set in motion;

   "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"
   

4. serving to begin;

   "the beginning canto of the poem"
   "the first verse"
   

5. ranking above all others;

   "was first in her class"
   "the foremost figure among marine artists"
   "the top graduate"
   

6. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections;

   "first soprano"
   "the first violin section"
   "played first horn"
   

Adverb:

1. before anything else;

   "first we must consider the garter snake"
   

2. the initial time;

   "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
   

3. before another in time, space, or importance;

   "I was here first"
   "let's do this job first"
   

4. prominently forward;

   "he put his best foot foremost"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He was the first to be there.
   他是第一个到达那里的。
2. He came too late to see the first part of the show.
   他来得太晚了,没赶上看节目的第一部分。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. First of all she just smiled, then she started to laugh.
   最初她只是微笑，後来才放声大笑。
2. No matter it is windy or rainy,he always comes first.
   不论刮风还是下雨,他总是第一个来。

用作名词 (n.)

1. What were your first impressions of Beijing?
   你对北京的最初印象如何？
2. Speech is learnt in the first years of life.
   说话是人在一生中最初几年学会的。
3. The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.
   我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
4. This is my first crack at cooking.
   这是我第一次尝试做饭菜。

常见句型

用作数词 (num.)

1. I'm the first in our village to go to university.
   我是我们村第一个上大学的。
2. The first is better than the second.
   第一个比第二个好。
3. 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。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. First, let me deal with the most important difficulty.
   首先,让我来处理最为重要的问题。
2. Modern music was first developed in Italy.
   现代音乐最初是在意大利发展起来的。
3. When we first lived here there were no buses.
   我们最初住在这里的时候,没有公共汽车。
4. All mothers fear for their children when they first leave home.
   孩子初次出门,母亲总要为之担心。
5. I'll never allow you to do that; I'll die first!
   我绝不允许你做那种事,我宁愿死!

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. Do you know when the first artificial satellite of America was launched?
   你知道美国的第一颗人造卫星是什么时候发射的吗?
2. It was the first time I had ever been in a plane.
   那是我第一次乘坐飞机。
3. Freshmen have military training for a month from the beginning of the first term.
   新生在第一学期一开始就有为期一个月的军训。
4. As for your hope of winning the first prize,I don't know about that.
   至于说到你希望获头奖,对此我没有多大把握。
5. He is the first actor of China.
   他是中国第一流的演员。
6. It is of the first importance.
   此事头等重要。
7. The first duty of the state is to ensure that law and order prevail.
   政府的首要职责是确保治安高于一切。
8. He didn't feel glad for the first few days.
   在最初几天里他并未感到高兴。
9. For tomorrow I want you to do the first six problems.
   我要你明天做前六个问题。
10. The two men over there are his two first cousins.
    在那里的两个人是他的嫡亲兄弟。
11. I haven't the first idea of what you mean.
    我一点也不懂你的意思。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. She is first in her class.
   她是班上的第一名。

经典引文

• Each of the six first lines of the Iliad might lose two syllables.

  出自： S. Johnson

• Mr Clare..whose first wife had died..married a second late in life.

  出自： T. Hardy

• I thought of the first sheep I ever remember seeing.

  出自： Scott Fitzgerald

• An April evening..the big trees in first leaf.

  出自： I. Murdoch

• Memories from my first two years.

  出自： Day Lewis

• For the first few years of his working life..he had had to work every second Saturday.

  出自： G. Gordon

常用短语

用作数词 (num.)

at first

起初,当初 at or in the beginning

from the first

从头,从一开始 from the beginning

用作副词 (adv.)

first and foremost

首要的 more than anything else

first and last

考虑到一切因素; 完全地 taking everything into account; completely

first of all

首先before doing anything else

first or last

迟早sooner or later

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• first aid 急救
• first importance 头等重要
• first light 天刚亮时
• first name 名字
• first person〔place, time〕 第一人称〔名,次〕
• first principles 基本原理

动词+～

• stand first in the class 在班上名列第一

词语用法

num. (数词)

1. first作为序数词用时,意为“第一(个、批),头一〔几〕个”,常和定冠词连用。

adj. (形容词)

1. first用作形容词一般修饰单数名词,修饰有few或数词修饰的复数名词时是把复数名词看作一个整体。first与基数词连用时,一般置于基数词前,但first引起的固定词组则应置于基数词之后。
2. first作“一点也不”解时,常用于否定句中。

词义辨析

adv. (副词)

first of all, above all, in the first place

• 这两个短语都有“首先”的意思。其区别是：
• above all指重要性上的“首先”，即“最重要的”“特别是”；而first of all指事物排列顺序上的首先，即“第一”。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的fyrst（fore的最高级），意为最初的，最前面的；最初源自原始日耳曼语的furisto（fur-和for-的最高级）。

近反义词

【近义词】

• foremost
• primarily
• basic
• chief
• earliest
• primary

【反义词】

• last