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工业革命首先在英国发生。 The industrial revolution had taken place in England first.
首先，要向杯子里放一小片锌板。 You should first put a small piece of zinc plate into the cup.
首先, 我们没得到批准。 To start with, we haven't got the approval.
我首先是一个教师, 其次才是一个作家。 I am a teacher in the first place and a writer in the next place.
那不是个好办法，首先没人会帮我们的忙。 It is not a good idea. For one thing, nobody will help us.
首先，画一条水平线。 First, draw a horizontal line.
首先，我站在一个热闹的角落，仅仅是看着人们，试图以审视他们来理解他们生活的某些东西。 First, I stand at a busy corner, merely looking at people, trying by sight of them to understand something of their live.
婚姻首先是一种契约，它必须以公正为制约。 Marriage is, first of all, a contract which must be governed by justice.
初始设计开发阶段，首先必须发现可能存在的错误，并作相应的设计修改。正是在这个时期中，设计辅助程序、仿真技术和设计支援技术对于快速设计都是必不可少的。 The initial design development stage wherein, at first, it is certain that errors will be discovered which will require design changes. It is in this period that design aids, emulation techniques, and supportive design techniques are essential to quick design.
中国首先使用火药。 Gunpowder first came in in China.
我得首先表示歉意. I have to begin with an apology.
外科医生首先切开血管。 First the surgeon performed the section of the blood vessel.
我首先得向你们表示歉意，没来参加你们的晚会。 I have in the first place to apologize for not coming to your party.
大会议程首先 是向来宾致欢迎辞. The proceedings will begin with a speech to welcome the guests.
他做任何事都要首先请示他老婆—他是个十足的“妻管严”。 He never does anything without asking his wife first—he's a completely hen-pecked husband.
会议首先由他致词. He opened the conference with a speech.
在各种医药研究中, 应首先解决寻找新疫苗的问题. The search for a new vaccine took priority over all other medical research.
她在他们三人中最敏感, 首先意识到他们处境的潜在危险. The most perceptive of the three, she was the first to realize the potential danger of their situation.