Foremost
['fɔːməʊst] or ['fɔr'most]
解释:
(adj.) preceding all others in spatial position; 'the foremost compartment of the ship' .
(adj.) situated closest to the bow; 'the foremost compartment of the ship' .
(adv.) prominently forward; 'he put his best foot foremost'.
编辑:卡蒂--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
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同义词及近义词:
a. First, most advanced, front.
校对:路易丝
解释:
adj. first in place: most advanced: first in rank or dignity.
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例句:
- Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But every pulse beat in him as he remembered how she had come down and placed herself in foremost danger,--could it be to save him? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Foremost among the two-and-thirty was he; seated, that he might get breath enough to keep life in him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- What next of the one person who holds the foremost place in my heart? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Now send me out feet foremost! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- And in the hopeful meantime, Tom goes to perdition head foremost in his old determined spirit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Two of the foremost instantly fell, and the rest gave way notwithstanding all their leader's efforts to stop them. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Davy was now one of the foremost chemists of the world, but he could as yet hardly lay claim to the title of inventor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Aristotle was first and foremost a biologist. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- This was the man who had been foremost in the plot to ensnare me, and grasp my wealth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The old men sit in the foremost ranks, the warriors in the next, and the women and children in the hindmost. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Some one jumped out from the foremost wagon into the road; a voice cried aloud, Ay, ay, divil; all's raight! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- First and foremost, Faguey,' said the housebreaker, 'how's Bill? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- And first and foremost of all, your own dear, dark, clever, gipsy-face, looking at me just as usual! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Saint Antoine was clamorous to have its wine-shop keeper foremost in the guard upon the governor who had defended the Bastille and shot the people. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Bulstrode, the banker, is his foremost man. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Alcibiades and some others were scrambling up after you; and then we saw you engage with that foremost blackguard. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- In fact, if the class had been turned the other end foremost I should have been near head. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- What could have happened, then, to bring one of the foremost citizens of London to this most pitiable pass? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The first and foremost question, is the question of Mr. Blake's health. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Thomas Edison, one of the foremost electrical inventors of the present day. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The two foremost men were carried beyond me before they could check themselves. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- So much for the persons and events which hold the foremost place in my memory. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The first and foremost drawing-master of the world! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Lawrence Lefferts was, on the whole, the foremost authority on form in New York. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Now, you must put your best leg foremost, old lady! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- It had been foremost to study that bright revelation and to carry its shining influence through the whole of the official proceedings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It is equally true that in Edison and the many men who have graduated from his stern school of endeavor, America has had its foremost seat of electrical engineering. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Mr. Bucket, in the foremost emblazoned carriage, uses his two fat forefingers to hold the lattice a hair's breadth open while he looks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- First and foremost, are you Pubsey and Co. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
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