词汇精选:first rate的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
第一流的,最上等的,最高级的
例句:
He blossomed out as a first-rate athlete.
他已成为第一流的运动员。
例句:
People who used his service knew they were deAling with a first-rate professional.
雇请过他的人都知道,和他们打交道的是一流的专业人员。
adv.
极佳,极好,非常好地
例句:
I feel first-rate this morning.
今天早上我觉得精神很好。
例句:
she doesn't feel first-rate today.
今天她感觉不是很好。
二、词义辨析:
excellent,choice,splendid,select,prime,first-rate
这些形容词均有“极好的”之意。excellent通常指事物在等级品位以及职位级别等方面的最优或接近最优。choice指通过精心挑选达到水平,尤指罕见或品质精良的商品。splendid口语常用词,指非常令人满意,显得完美无缺。select指精挑细选出来作为范例的物或人。prime常指最重要、价值最高的东西,也可以表示最佳、最典型或最高的人或物。first-rate多用于指对抽象事物的主观评估,有时含夸大、自负的意味。
三、参考例句:
He is a first-rate actor.
他是一流演员。
I feel first-rate this morning.
今天早上我觉得精神很好。
she doesn't feel first-rate today.
今天她感觉不是很好。
He blossomed out as a first-rate athlete.
他已成为第一流的运动员。
People who used his service knew they were dealing with a first-rate professional.
雇请过他的人都知道,和他们打交道的是一流的专业人员。
Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.
永远做一流的自己,而不是二流的别人。
The Hualian Commercial building has not only a good assortment of goods,but also a first-rate shopping environment.
华联商厦不仅商品品种齐全,而且购物环境一流。
Chinese enterprises have sponsored the "Brightness Action" and organized first-rate ophthalmologists to perform cataract extraction surgeries for 623 patients in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
中国企业还捐资开展中非“光明行”活动,组织中国一流的眼科医生赴津巴布韦、赞比亚,为623名患者实施白内障复明手术。
We're not business people, we're not entrepreneurs, but we know we have a first-rate class that works, and now the question is how do we go out and sell this mousetrap.
我们不是商人或企业家,但我们知道我们拥有一流的课程。现在的问题是,我们如何走出去销售我们的课程。