foremost

英 ['fɔːməʊst] 美 ['fɔr'most]

解释

adj. 最重要的；最先的
adv. 首先；居于首位地

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中文词源

foremost 最前面的，最重要的

来自古英语formest, 最早的。来自PIE*pre-mo, 最早的，*pre-, 在先，词源同fore, *mo, 最高级后缀，词源同intimate, ultimate. -est, 最高级后缀。因此，该词实际上为双重最高级形式，后拼写受fore,most影响。比较former, first.

英文词源

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."

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例句和用法

1. She is, first and foremost, her husband's alter ego.: 她首先是丈夫的知己。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. It is first and foremost a trade agreement.: 这首先是一个贸易协议。

5. the world's foremost authority on the subject: 该学科全世界首屈一指的权威