中文翻译与英英解释

adj. 第一等的，最上等的。
2.adv. 〔口语〕非常(好)地(feel first-rate 觉得精神极好)。
3.n. 一级战舰；一流人物。

quite well; "she doesn''t feel first-rate today"
同义词：very well, very well,

quite well; "she doesn''t feel first-rate today"
同义词：very well, very well,

of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"
同义词：ace, A-one, crack, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops,

First rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for its largest ships of the line. While the size and establishment of guns and men changed over the 250 years that the rating system held sway, from the early years of the 1700's the first rates comprised those ships mounting 100 guns or more on three gundecks.

例句与用法

We have lost a first-rate teacher in jim .
我们失去了吉姆这位一流的教师。

Generally the security was first-rate .
总的来说，保密工作还是干得挺出色的。

Her new book shows her to be a first-rate novelist .
她的新书表明她是第一流的小说家。

Their friends rally round them, and support first-rate talent .
他们的朋友帮助他们，为第一流的天才捧场。

Happily, his theories stimulated adams to produce two first-rate books .
亚当斯总算受了他的理论的驱使，写了两部优秀的著作。

He was a good mathematician, far better than i, with first-rate technical ingenuity .
他是一名优秀的数学家，比我要强得多，在技术上有着头等的聪明才智。

Hutter is a first-rate lookouter, and can pretty much scent danger, as a hound scents the deer .
赫特是个机警的哨兵，他老远就能嗅出危险来，就象猎犬能嗅出鹿的味道。