Middle English formest, from Old English fyrmest, formest "earliest, first, most prominent," from Proto-Germanic *furmista-/*frumista- (related to Old English fruma "beginning"), from PIE *pre-mo-, suffixed (superlative) form of root *per- (1) "forward, through; before; first" (see per) + additional superlative suffix -est. For the -m-, see -most, and compare similarly formed Old Frisian formest, Gothic frumists. Altered on the assumption that it is a compound of fore and most. The same compound without the superlative -m- is first. Also in Old English as an adverb, "first of all, at first, in the first place."
实用例句
1. She is, first and foremost, her husband's alter ego.
她首先是丈夫的知己。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He was one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture.
他是世界上最杰出的古印第安文化研究者之一。
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3. I see myself, first and foremost, as a working artist.