foremost
英 ['f??m??st]
美['f?r'most]
- adj. 最重要的；最先的
- adv. 首先；居于首位地
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中文詞源
foremost 最前面的，最重要的
來自古英語formest, 最早的。來自PIE*pre-mo, 最早的，*pre-, 在先，詞源同fore, *mo, 最高級后綴，詞源同intimate, ultimate. -est, 最高級后綴。因此，該詞實際上為雙重最高級形式，后拼寫受fore,most影響。比較former, first.
英英釋意
- 1. ranking above all others;
- "was first in her class"
- "the foremost figure among marine artists"
- "the top graduate"
- 2. situated closest to the bow;
- "the foremost compartment of the ship"
- 3. preceding all others in spatial position;
- "the foremost compartment of the ship"
英文詞源
- foremost
- foremost: see former
- foremost (adj.)
- Middle English formest, from Old English fyrmest, formest "earliest, first, most prominent," from Proto-Germanic *furmista-/*frumista- (related to Old English fruma "beginning"), from PIE *pre-mo-, suffixed (superlative) form of root *per- (1) "forward, through; before; first" (see per) + additional superlative suffix -est. For the -m-, see -most, and compare similarly formed Old Frisian formest, Gothic frumists. Altered on the assumption that it is a compound of fore and most. The same compound without the superlative -m- is first. Also in Old English as an adverb, "first of all, at first, in the first place."
同義詞辨析
chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary
這些形容詞均含有"首要的，主要的"之意。
chief： 指人時，表同類中職位最高，權(quán)力最大；指物時，表同類中最重要，價值最高。
principal： 用于人時，指地位優(yōu)于其他人；用于物時，指該物在大小、重要性等方面優(yōu)于他物。
main： 通常只用于物。指在一定范圍內(nèi)，某物的重要性、體積或力量等超過其它物。
major： 指同其他人或其它物、問題等相比較，顯得更加重要和突出。
leading： 側(cè)重指具有影響力或凝聚力。從而有主導(dǎo)和引導(dǎo)的作用。
capital： 著重指因重要性、意義、優(yōu)越或重大而名列同類之首。
foremost： 側(cè)重指在行進或發(fā)展過程中居首位。
primary： 通常不用于人。用于物時，指在重要性方面占第一位。
考試真題
- It's certainly new territory, especially as home security cameras become easier to install, says lizzie Post, president of the Emily Post Institute, America's foremost manners advisors.
2018年12月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section C
- So economy of expression is foremost.
2016年6月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section C
- During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England's foremost classical-music critics, and a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiographybecame a best-seller.
出自-2010年考研閱讀原文
- During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England's foremost classical-music critics, and a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography became a best-seller.
2010年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- I found, as Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their husbands to be, first and foremost, conversational partners, but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.
2010年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
實用場景例句
- the world's foremost authority on the subject
- 該學(xué)科全世界首屈一指的權(quán)威
牛津詞典
- The Prime Minister was foremost among those who condemned the violence.
- 首相帶頭譴責(zé)暴力行為。
牛津詞典
- This question has been foremost in our minds recently.
- 近來我們的心目中一直認為這個問題最重要。
牛津詞典
- He was one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture...
- 他是世界上最杰出的古印第安文化研究者之一。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The military government is waging a war of words against its supposed enemies. Foremost among these are the foreign media.
- 軍政府針對假想的敵人展開了一場唇槍舌劍的戰(zhàn)斗。這其中首當(dāng)其沖的就是外國媒體。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- It is first and foremost a trade agreement...
- 這首先是一個貿(mào)易協(xié)議。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I see myself, first and foremost, as a working artist.
- 我首先還是把自己看作一名藝術(shù)工作者。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- She ranks foremost among the country's leading conductors.
- 她在國內(nèi)第一流指揮家中名列榜首.
辭典例句
- How does America's foremost literary lion solve a problem like Adolf?
- 這位美國最為顯赫的文學(xué)名人是如何處理希特勒這個人物的 呢 ?
期刊摘選
- He was first and foremost a hired killer.
- 他首先是一個職業(yè)殺手.
期刊摘選
- The subsistence and progress the people should be taken as the foremost objectives of our works.
- 人民的生存和進步應(yīng)該被采納為我們工作的首要目標(biāo).
期刊摘選
- Accept the customer complaint according to company regulation; take the customer foremost as the service standard.
- 按公司制度處理客戶投訴, 以客戶至上為服務(wù)標(biāo)準(zhǔn).
期刊摘選
- He is considered the foremost British artist of this century.
- 他被認為是本世紀英國第一流的藝術(shù)家.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Better be foremost among commoners than the lowest of the aristocracy.
- 寧為雞口,無為牛后.
期刊摘選
- All of these are marketing decisions first and foremost.
- 所有這些都是市場營銷的首要決定.
期刊摘選
- He was as the foremost authority on chemistry.
- 他被認為是化學(xué)最高權(quán)威.
期刊摘選
- Some tourists do visIt'southampton but the city is first and foremost a port, not a resort.
- 有些觀光者確實去參觀南安普敦,不過那個城市首先是一個港口, 不是一個勝地.
期刊摘選
- Our motto: credit first, rational price, customer foremost, excellent quality.
- 我們的宗旨是: 信譽第一, 價格合理, 顧客至上, 品質(zhì)優(yōu)良.
期刊摘選
- Someone jumped out from the foremost waggon and cried aloud.
- 有人從最前面的一輛大車里跳下來,大聲叫嚷.
辭典例句
- I have always one foremost satisfaction in reading your books.
- 讀你的作品永遠給我一種最高的滿足.
辭典例句
- He was a singer, but first and foremost a scholar.
- 他是個歌手, 但他主要是一位學(xué)者.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- According to Chen Qiwei, these measures and foremost is the job stability of the special programs.
- 據(jù)陳啟偉介紹, 這些措施中,首要的是穩(wěn)定崗位特別計劃.
期刊摘選
- Pu Cunxin, the foremost advocate of AIDS prevention together with many school leaders addressed the meeting.
- 預(yù)防愛滋病的宣傳員濮存昕以及學(xué)校有關(guān)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)在會上發(fā)言.
期刊摘選
- Hamburg is first and foremost a port , and so the extravaganza took place on the water.
- 漢堡大部分地區(qū)是海港.所以歡慶將在水上進行.
期刊摘選
- This formation and foremost the duty of the Catholic parents the child.
- 培育的責(zé)任﹐首先落在孩子的教友父母身上.
期刊摘選
- The premier occupies the foremost place in the world of politics.
- 首相是政界的首要人物.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The enemy attacked our foremost position all night.
- 敵人攻打了我們的前沿陣地整整一夜.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- Quality supreme , People foremost, Clients first and Mutual benefit.
- 質(zhì)量第一以人為本客戶至上共贏共進.
期刊摘選
- He's written many different kinds of books, but he's first and foremost a poet.
- 他寫過許多不同性質(zhì)的書, 但他基本是位詩人.
辭典例句