1. first and foremost : 首要地；
形容词
1. Who is foremost in line for a promotion raise?
谁晋级加薪排在最前面？
2. Bernard Show was the foremost playwright of his time.
萧伯纳是他那个时代最重要的戏剧作家。
副词
1. He was first and foremost a scholar.
首先，他是一位学者。
1. 最重要的;最好的
The foremost thing or person in a group is the most important or best.
e.g. 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。
e.g. The military government is waging a war of words against its supposed enemies. Foremost among these are the foreign media.
军政府针对假想的敌人展开了一场唇枪舌剑的战斗。这其中首当其冲的就是外国媒体。
2. 首先;首要的是
You use first and foremost to emphasize the most important quality of something or someone.
e.g. It is first and foremost a trade agreement...
这首先是一个贸易协议。
e.g. I see myself, first and foremost, as a working artist.
我首先还是把自己看作一名艺术工作者。
1. 最重要的;最好的
The foremost thing or person in a group is the most important or best.
e.g. 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。
e.g. The military government is waging a war of words against its supposed enemies. Foremost among these are the foreign media.
军政府针对假想的敌人展开了一场唇枪舌剑的战斗。这其中首当其冲的就是外国媒体。
2. 首先;首要的是
You use first and foremost to emphasize the most important quality of something or someone.
e.g. It is first and foremost a trade agreement...
这首先是一个贸易协议。
e.g. I see myself, first and foremost, as a working artist.
我首先还是把自己看作一名艺术工作者。
