| 释义 |
firstly —首先 adv (often used)第一 advExamples:lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom); unfamiliar at first but you get used it—Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician, First lady during Bill Clinton's presidency 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, US Secretary of state from 2009—Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar—one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)—high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua—first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)—Muhammad Naguib (first president of the Republic of Egypt)—person (first person, second person etc in grammar)—Canon of difficult questions, medical text, c. first century AD—Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990—Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999—(pupils's first person pronoun) I, your student—Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842—first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)—before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers—before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved—Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space—neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)—first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc)—the Qing order all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646—Karl Bernardovich Radek (1995-1939), bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen university, died in prison during Stalin's purges—first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)—gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to pre-empt—the pavilion closest the water enjoys moonlight first [idiom.]— |