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adj. 最重要的；最先的
adv. 首先；居于首位地
adj.
第一流的，最重要的；最初的，最前面的；
adv.
首先，第一；居于首位地；
双语释义
adj.(形容词)[A]最著名的,最重要的; 最好的; 主要的 most famous or important; best or chief
英英释义
foremost[ 'fɔ:məust ]
adj.
ranking above all others
"the foremost figure among marine artists"
同义词：firstworld-class
situated closest to the bow
"the foremost compartment of the ship"
preceding all others in spatial position
"the foremost compartment of the ship"
同义词：frontmost
adv.
prominently forward
"he put his best foot foremost"
同义词：first
before anything else
同义词：firstfirstlyfirst of allfirst off
词组短语
first and foremost首先；首要的是
同近义词辨析
principal, leading, primary, foremost, capital, major, chief, main这组词都有“首要的，主要的”的意思，其区别是：
principal用于人时，指地位优于其他人；用于物时，指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
leading侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
primary通常不用于人。用于物时，指在重要性方面占第一位。
foremost侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
capital着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
major指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较，显得更加重要和突出。
chief拽人时，表同类中职位最高，权力最大；指物时，表同类中最重要，价值最高。
main通常只用于物。指在一定范围内，某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
He is one of the foremost scientists in China.
他是中国最重要的科学家之一。
He was one of the foremost literary scholars in England.
他是英格兰最重要的文学专家之一。
Good schemes will do more than funnel money from latecomers to early takers, allowing the foremost to prosper at the expense of the hindmost.
好的庞式计划将不仅仅是将钱从后来者转到早的加入者手中，以最后面的加入者为代价来使最初的加入者获得成功。
用作副词(adv.)
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。
Put your best foot foremost and you will succeed.
只要全力以赴你会成功。
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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."
1. The foremost of these is other people.
这其中最重要的就是身边的人。
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2. I can’t stand them. First — and by far — foremost, they don’t stay in my ears.
我不能忍受它们，到目前为止首要的问题就是它们不能待在我的耳朵里。
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3. As for my children, they taught me that a parent should be foremost a listener, a quality I was lacking in many instances.
关于我的孩子们我想说，是他们教给我为人父母应首先学会倾听，这种品质我很多时候都不具备。
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4. Foremost, reading to your children is vital, as is specific exercises and games to teach them letter names and sounds.
首先，给你的孩子朗读是必不可少的，因为这是教孩子字母名称和读音的特殊练习和游戏。
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5. What matters first and foremost is getting the information out.
对他来说,首要的事情是把信息发布出去。
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6. And why was he among the foremost liberal thinkers of the age?
为何他能跻身那个时代最重要的自由主义思想家之列？
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7. Well there are lots of reasons but first and foremost because what we’re doing now is broken.
原因很多，但首要原因是：我们目前的工作流程是脱节的。 绝对的脱节。
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8. Every application program is first and foremost an application user.
每个应用程序首先是一个应用程序用户。
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9. Information governance is first and foremost a function of the executive leadership team as the top management team in the enterprise.
行政领导团队作为企业的最高管理层，其首要的也是最重要的功能就是信息治理。
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10. First and foremost, one must live a proper life.
但最重要的，一个人必须有合适的生活。
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11. I might now introduce myself–to myself, first and foremost, it occurs to me.
我想起来了。首要的事应该是自我介绍——向我自己。
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12. As the service is produced, classified, and packaged, one of the foremost considerations must be consumability.
随着服务被生产、分类和封装，一个首先需要考虑的问题就是消费能力。
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13. But Iraq is first and foremost an Arab state.
但是伊拉克首先是一个阿拉伯国家。
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14. We watch out, first and foremost, for ourselves and do what benefits us most.
我们最关注的首要事情都是为了自己以及怎样能为自己带来最大的利益。
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15. "Etiquette is first and foremost a question of awareness, " said author and etiquette expert Anna Post.
作家和礼节专家安娜•波斯特说：“礼节首先是一个意识的问题。”
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16. And what is unhealthy is for women to be denied the chance to contribute fully to that growth, because that denies everyone, first and foremost their families, a chance at greater prosperity.
对于妇女来说，真正有害健康的是剥夺她们全身心地参与经济发展的机会，因为那样做就剥夺了每一个人，首先是她们的家人，获得更富足生活的机会。
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17. We are first and foremost social beings, none of whom has ever accomplished anything without the help of others.
我们首先是社会人，没有一个人可以完全不需要他人的帮助就能获得成功。
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18. Locke and Chu are both Chinese-Americans, and this issue also came up during the news conference at the end of their trip. Locke stressed that he is, first and foremost, an American.
骆家辉和朱棣文都是华裔美国人，这个问题也在他们访问快结束时举行的新闻发布会上提到，骆家辉强调说，他首先是一名美国人。
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19. Computer science is first and foremost a branch of applied mathematics, so a computer scientist should be expected to understand the principles of mathematical reasoning.
计算机科学首先是应用数学的一个分支，因此计算机科学家需要理解数据推理的原理。
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20. In so doing it also emasculates the sovereign rights of small countries that have long been the prime defenders of multilateralism and international law as well as the foremost policy innovators.
它的这种做法，同样削弱了小国的主权——长期以来，它们一直是多边主义和国际法的主要捍卫者，同时也是最重要的政策创新者。
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21. For example, one organization may aspire to be the foremost manufacturer of aircraft instrumentation in North America, while another may want to become a leading global drug distributor.
比如说，这个组织也许追求的是成为北美地区最重要的飞机仪表制造商，而另一家则有可能希望成为领先的全球药品分销商。
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22. For example, one organization may aspire to be the foremost manufacturer of aircraft instrumentation in North America, while another may want to become a leading global drug distributor.
比如说，这个组织也许追求的是成为北美地区最重要的飞机仪表制造商，而另一家则有可能希望成为领先的全球药品分销商。
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