['fɔ:məust]
foremost
a. 最初的
ad. 在最前面

例句与用法:

  1. First and foremost, I think you should work harder on your biology.
    首先,我认为你应该多在生物学上下功夫。
  2. He does a bit of writing, but first and foremost he's a teacher.
    他也写一些文章, 但他主要是个教师.
  3. Do you know who is the foremost writer in the English language?
    你知道谁是最重要的英语作家吗?

英英解释:

形容词 foremost:

  1. ranking above all others
  2. 同义词:first, world-class
  3. situated closest to the bow
  4. preceding all others in spatial position
  5. 同义词:frontmost

副词 foremost:

  1. prominently forward
  2. 同义词:first
  3. before anything else
  4. 同义词:first, firstly, first of all, first off