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单词 first hand
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first hand
also first-hand also firsthand
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2
First hand information or experience is gained or learned directly, rather than from other people or from books.
School trips give children firsthand experience not available in the classroom.
First-hand is also an adverb.
We've been through Germany and seen first-hand what's happening there.
2. at first hand phrase
If you learn or experience something at first hand, you experience it yourself or learn it directly rather than being told about it by other people.
He saw at first hand the effects of the recent heavy fighting.
Synonyms: directly, personally, immediately, face-to-face  
Collocations:
first-hand evidence
He allowed that much of their investigation was based on 'second-hand' evidence, on a day when the inquests were being denied first-hand evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
He bravely ignored the risks of discovery to gather crucial first-hand evidence.
The Sun
In the majority of these cases, there was first-hand evidence (mainly from police witnesses) of the defendant's behaviour from which criminal intent was inferred.
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Many prominent botanists and tree enthusiasts have long been sceptical of such claims because they lacked first-hand evidence from a credible source.
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first-hand information
This may be obtained by direct contact with the objects of the world or by being narrated by a reliable person who has first-hand information.
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During the course of the visit, which could be for a day, or overnight, the students will gain first-hand information regarding the specific ecosystem and the threats faced by it.
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Craving first-hand information, she pursued a story directly to the source with little regard for her personal safety, to engage those she deemed central to a story.
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The massive fifty volumes are one of the most extensive collections of first-hand information from the period of the early republic and are widely cited by modern historians.
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first-hand knowledge
This enables students to get first-hand knowledge.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If you have first-hand knowledge of these problems, please try not to feel too guilty or angry.
Pearce, Dr John Families and Friends - how to help your child form happy relationships. (1989)
Unlike our political leaders, we have first-hand knowledge of a business which is not merely multinational but in its nature international.
Dyson, Freeman Infinite in All Directions (1989)
I can claim first-hand knowledge.
Austin, Valerie Self-Hypnosis (1994)
And I can say that with a bit of first-hand knowledge thrown in.
The Sun (2006)
first-hand observation
Their approach, scholarly but accessible, was aided by their first-hand observation of many of the places and objects that were featured.
Times, Sunday Times
Where data and first-hand observation are concerned, what's the context?
Globe and Mail
First-hand observation determines the truth or falsity of a given statement.
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Considering the shortness of their stay their account reveals very intensive first-hand observation.
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These first-hand observations and experiences are among my happiest and sharpest memories, and probably account for the many nature form subjects in my sculpture.
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first-hand report
It would be, she resolved, an immediate, first-hand report, without political bias, and she would not touch it up later.
The Times Literary Supplement
Following the earlier storm, first-hand reports were painting a less rosy picture than the official one.
Times, Sunday Times
This was an innovative method for the time before journalism that relied on first-hand reports was commonplace.
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The team for the mission included a journalist and a photographer who provided first-hand reports of the expedition.
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first-hand testimony
The power of first-hand testimony had not exactly been forgotten either.
Times, Sunday Times
Using rarely seen documents and first-hand testimony, the film explains how the virus managed to cross the world and explores the desperate attempts by doctors and governments to contain it.
Times, Sunday Times
Using archive footage and first-hand testimonies, the film charts the career of a doomed hero.
Times, Sunday Times
This film gives a minute-by-minute account of what happened, with first-hand testimonies from passengers, eyewitnesses and rescuers.
Times, Sunday Times
first-hand understanding
His family circumstances gave him a first-hand understanding of the vicissitudes of social mobility.
Times, Sunday Times
But what the pair lacked in retail know-how, they made up for with their first-hand understanding of the market.
Times, Sunday Times
Interns gain a first-hand understanding of the legislative process and the operation of executive branch agencies.
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Translations:
Chinese: 直接的
Japanese: じかに得た
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