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determinerordinal numberadverbnoun his first wife他的第一个妻子 the first turning on the right第一个右转弯 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 (= pronounced ‘King Edward the First’)英王爱德华一世 the first of May/May 1st5 月 1 日 His second book is better than his first. 他的第二部书比第一部好。 Your first duty is to your family. 你首先应对家庭尽责。 She won first prize in the competition. 她在竞赛中获得一等奖。 an issue of the first importance最重要的问题 First impressions can be misleading. I didn’t take the first bus. 我没有乘坐首班公共汽车。 If he wants to see me, he should make the first move. 他要是想见我，就得采取主动。 Local voters gave Steven Hughes first preference. My first impulse was to run away. She resolved to do it at the first opportunity. 她决定一有机会就去做。 She’s in her first year at college This is an issue of the first importance. We’re having chicken for the first course. When the first settlers moved into the area they faced immense hardship. You can have first choice of all the rooms. ‘Do you want a drink?’ ‘I'll finish my work first.’ “你想喝杯饮料吗？” “我要先完成工作。” First I had to decide what to wear. 首先我得决定穿什么。 Who came first in the race (= who won)? 赛跑谁第一？ It plunged nose first into the river. 它一头跳入水中。 When did you first meet him? 你和他初次见面是何时？ This method has two advantages: first it is cheaper and second it is quicker. 这个方法有两个优点：一是更便宜，二是较快。 She swore that she wouldn't apologize—she'd die first! 她发誓决不道歉，宁死也不！ I didn't like the job much at first. 起初我并不很喜欢这个工作。 At first I thought he was shy, but then I discovered he was just not interested in other people. 起先我以为他腼腆，后来才发现他就是对别人没兴趣。 (saying) If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. 一次不成功就反复尝试。 In any decision she makes, her family always comes first. 她作任何决定都是家庭第一。 He landed feet first. 他落地时双脚先着地。 You'll have to carry me out feet first! 想把我撵走，除非让我横着出去！ He does a little teaching, but first and foremost he's a writer. 他干一点教学，但首要的是写作。 She regarded herself, first and last, as a musician. 她认为她自己是一个不折不扣的音乐家。 Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis. 票先来先买，售完为止。 First of all, let me ask you something. 首先，让我问你一件事。 The content of any article needs, first of all, to be relevant to the reader. 任何文章的内容都首先要与读者有关。 First off, let's see how much it'll cost. 首先咱们看看这要花多少钱。 He fell head first down the stairs. 他倒栽葱摔下楼梯。 She got divorced and rushed head first into another marriage. 她离婚后又仓促再婚了。 She always puts her children first. 她总是把子女放在第一位。 This study has the following aims: first, to investigate how international students in the UK use humour; second, to examine how jokes can help to establish social relationships; and, third, to explore the role that humour plays in helping overseas students adjust to life in the UK.本研究有以下几个目的：第一，调查在英国的留学生如何运用幽默；第二，考察笑话如何帮助建立社交关系；第三，探究幽默对留学生适应英国生活所起的作用。 Let us begin by identifying some of the popular joke genres in the UK.首先我们来探究一下流行于英国的一些笑话类型。 Next, let us turn to/Next, let us consider the question of gender differences in the use of humour.接下来，我们来探讨一下运用幽默的性别差异问题。 Finally/Lastly, let us briefly examine the role of humour in defining a nation’s culture.最后，我们来简略地探讨一下幽默在界定民族文化中所起的作用。 This diagram illustrates the process of paper-making./This diagram shows how paper is made.这个图说明了造纸的过程。 First/First of all, logs are delivered to a paper mill, where the bark is removed and the wood is cut into small chips.首先，原木被运送到造纸厂，在那里去掉树皮，然后被切成木片。 Next/Second, the wood chips are pulped, either using chemicals or in a pulping machine.接下来，用化学品或磨浆机把木片化成浆。 Pulping breaks down the internal structure of the wood and enables/allows the natural oils to be removed.制浆过程使木材的内部结构分解，从而去除木材里的天然油。 Once/After the wood has been pulped, the pulp is bleached in order to remove impurities. /…is bleached so that impurities can be removed.木材制成浆后，将其漂白以去除杂质。 The next stage is to feed the pulp into the paper machine, where it is mixed with water and then poured onto a wire conveyor belt.下一步便是将纸浆送入制纸机，与水混合后再倒入金属传送带。 As the pulp travels along the conveyor belt, the water drains away. This causes the solid material to sink to the bottom, forming a layer of paper.当纸浆沿传送带传送时，水分蒸发，使得固体物质沉到底部，形成一层纸。 At this point the new paper is still wet, so it is passed between large heated rollers, which press out the remaining water and simultaneously dry the paper/…dry the paper at the same time.这时，新出的纸仍然是湿的，故让其经过几个巨大的热滚筒，挤压脱水并同时烘干。 The final stage is to wind the paper onto large rolls./Finally, the paper is wound onto large rolls.最后一步是将纸卷在巨大的卷轴上。 The brochure is divided into two sections, dealing firstly with basic courses and secondly with advanced ones.小册子分为两部分：第一部分涉及基础课程，第二部分涉及高级课程。 Maggie had seen him nearly every day at first. Now she saw him much less.起初玛吉几乎每天都见到他，现在见到他的次数少得多了。 The brochure is divided into two sections, dealing firstly with basic courses and secondly with advanced ones.小册子分为两部分：第一部分涉及基础课程，第二部分涉及高级课程。 Maggie had seen him nearly every day at first. Now she saw him much less.起初玛吉几乎每天都见到他，现在见到他的次数少得多了。 This diagram illustrates the process of paper-making./This diagram shows how paper is made.这个图说明了造纸的过程。 First/First of all, logs are delivered to a paper mill, where the bark is removed and the wood is cut into small chips.首先，原木被运送到造纸厂，在那里去掉树皮，然后被切成木片。 Next/Second, the wood chips are pulped, either using chemicals or in a pulping machine.接下来，用化学品或磨浆机把木片化成浆。 Pulping breaks down the internal structure of the wood and enables/allows the natural oils to be removed.制浆过程使木材的内部结构分解，从而去除木材里的天然油。 Once/After the wood has been pulped, the pulp is bleached in order to remove impurities. /…is bleached so that impurities can be removed.木材制成浆后，将其漂白以去除杂质。 The next stage is to feed the pulp into the paper machine, where it is mixed with water and then poured onto a wire conveyor belt.下一步便是将纸浆送入制纸机，与水混合后再倒入金属传送带。 As the pulp travels along the conveyor belt, the water drains away. This causes the solid material to sink to the bottom, forming a layer of paper.当纸浆沿传送带传送时，水分蒸发，使得固体物质沉到底部，形成一层纸。 At this point the new paper is still wet, so it is passed between large heated rollers, which press out the remaining water and simultaneously dry the paper/…dry the paper at the same time.这时，新出的纸仍然是湿的，故让其经过几个巨大的热滚筒，挤压脱水并同时烘干。 The final stage is to wind the paper onto large rolls./Finally, the paper is wound onto large rolls.最后一步是将纸卷在巨大的卷轴上。 I was the first in my family to go to college. 我是我们家第一个大学生。 Sheila and Jim were the first to arrive. 希拉和吉姆最先到的。 The first I heard about the wedding (= the first time I became aware of it) was when I saw it in the local paper. 我最初知道他们结婚的消息是从当地报纸上看到的。 The first I knew of a problem was around 9.30 a.m. last Monday.我最早知道有问题是在上星期一上午 9 点 30 分左右。 I'd be the first to admit (= I will most willingly admit) I might be wrong. 我非常愿意承认我可能错了。 The poorest will be the first to suffer.最贫穷的人受害的可能性最大。 Nurses are often the first to say they feel underappreciated. We went on a cruise, a first for both of us. 我俩都是平生第一次去海上旅游。 two historic firsts He stuck the car in first and revved. 他挂上了一挡，开动了汽车。 She got a first in maths at Exeter. 她在埃克塞特大学毕业，获数学一级优等学位。 They were attracted to each other from the first. 他俩一见倾心。 It's a fine performance that commands attention from first to last. 这是个精彩的演出，自始至终都扣人心弦。 As he moved into first the gear-lever knob came off in his hand. He got a first in modern history. It’s very difficult to find first on this car. Put the car into first and pull off slowly. She did Philosophy and English Literature and got a double first. She engaged first gear and pulled off. There was something wrong with the gearbox and I had to drive all the way home in first. |