- the most prominent in rank, importance, or position最突出的, 最杰出的, 首要的：
one of the foremost art collectors of his day.
他那个时代最杰出的艺术收藏家之一。
- before anything else in rank, importance, or position; in the first place在最前, 最先：
it was, foremost, the first unequivocal demonstration of the process.
最重要的是, 这是首次明确示范这一过程。
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