first的中文意思是指：作限定词时意为“第一”，作数词时意为“第一，第一个的”，作形容词时意为“最重要的，最优秀的”，作副词时意为“首先，首次”，作介词时意为“第一（个），第一次”，作名词时意为“空前的成就”。

单词发音：英 [fɜːst]、美 [fɜːrst]

常用短语

his first wife

他的第一个妻子

It was the first time they had ever met.

这是他们初次见面。

I didn't take the first bus.

我没有乘坐首班公共汽车。

students in their first year at college

大学一年级学生

your first impressions

你的初步印象

She resolved to do it at the first (= earliest) opportunity.

她决定一有机会就去做。

King Edward I (= said as ‘King Edward the First’)

英王爱德华一世

the first of May/May 1st

5月1日

His second book is better than his first.

他的第二部书比第一部好。

双语例句

Take the first right, then the second left.

在第一个路口向右拐，然后再在第二个路口向左拐。

His first music teacher was a major influence in his life.

他的第一位音乐老师是他一生中对他影响非常大的人。

Let's be practical and work out the cost first.

咱们实际一点儿，先计算一下成本费用。

Our first task is to set up a communications system.

我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。

I didn't like the job much at first.

起初我并不很喜欢这个工作。