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单词 firstly
释义
firstly
adverb
uk
/ˈfɜːst.li/us
/ˈfɝːst.li/
(alsofirst)
B2
used to refer to the first thing in alist:
第一，首先
There are two very goodreasonswhy we can't do it. Firstly, we don't have enoughmoney, andsecondly, we don't have enoughtime.有两条充足的理由决定我们不能做这件事。第一，资金不足；第二，时间不够。
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  • Iwanttwo things from myboss- firstly, apayrise, andsecondly, alongercontract.
  • There are threefactorsto take intoaccount: firstlycost,secondlytime, andthirdlystaff.
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Grammar

First,firstlyorat first?
First can be an adjective or an adverb and refers to the person or thing that comes before all others in order, time, amount, quality or importance:…
(Definition offirstlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffirstly

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Firstly, one might hold that philosophical ideas should stand or fall on their content, rather than upon the reputation of the philosopher concerned.
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Firstly, these suspensions are cyclic terms that the tables cannot handle.
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Firstly, all the signals in a group must have the same type.
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Firstlyit is necessary to identify a set of regions, which overlapped completely contain the path.
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Firstly, note that with a concave tax schedule, the tax burden rises relatively steeply when pollution levels are low.
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Firstly, alien insects causing economic damage are more likely and more rapidly discovered than insects that are economically harmless.
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Firstly, no control agency can allow itself to jeopardize the relationship of trust it enjoys with its political principals.
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Firstly, elimination of regional reservoirs of infection through control at the national level, as described above.
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Firstly, the average starting age for instrumental lessons is about eleven.
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Firstly, there has been an increase in the amount of power and control exerted by the federal gover nment.
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Firstly, those holding power and new aspirants have to master the management of neopatrimonial exchanges.
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Firstly, they were ignorant of fiqh; only through the concrete process of administering the shari ah did they learn about it at all.
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Firstly, alterations in the share of regions in total production worldwide and differing in loss rates to pests affect total loss rates.
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To repeat, there isfirstlyno documentary or topographical evidence that the eagre ever travelled so far upstream.
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Firstly, a licensed position acquires its ability to a-license melodic material from its p-licensor.
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