| 单词 | foremost |
| 释义 | foremost (once / 417 pages) adjadv Foremost is an adjective that means holding the highest position or rank. When naming advisors, presidents usually search for the foremost experts on various subjects. If you are the foremost in your profession, you're the expert people will seek out for an opinion. If your foremost concern in a project is money, all other factors are secondary. You can also use this word as an adverb meaning "before anything else." The film, Gone With the Wind, is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, but first and foremost, it is a love story. WORD FAMILYforemost: foremostly+/most: foremost, moster, mostest, mostly, mosts USAGE EXAMPLESThe filing says the second roadblock is banking regulator approval of Capital One’s proposed takeover of Cabela’s Lincoln-based World’s Foremost Bank. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Several of the company’s foremost Sugarplums still dance Dewdrop; it suits some of them better. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) First and foremost, we – like all professors – are bound by university and academic standards. Salon(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj ranking above all others the foremost figure among marine artists Syn first, world-class best (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities 2adj preceding all others in spatial position the foremost compartment of the ship Syn frontmost front relating to or located in the front 3adj situated closest to the bow the foremost compartment of the ship Syn fore situated at or toward the bow of a vessel 4adv before anything else Syn first, first of all, first off, firstly 5adv prominently forward he put his best foot foremost Syn first |
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