Foremost

(adj.) preceding all others in spatial position; 'the foremost compartment of the ship' .

(adj.) situated closest to the bow; 'the foremost compartment of the ship' .

(adv.) prominently forward; 'he put his best foot foremost'.

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• Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But every pulse beat in him as he remembered how she had come down and placed herself in foremost danger,--could it be to save him? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Foremost among the two-and-thirty was he; seated, that he might get breath enough to keep life in him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• What next of the one person who holds the foremost place in my heart? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Now send me out feet foremost! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• And in the hopeful meantime, Tom goes to perdition head foremost in his old determined spirit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Two of the foremost instantly fell, and the rest gave way notwithstanding all their leader's efforts to stop them. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Davy was now one of the foremost chemists of the world, but he could as yet hardly lay claim to the title of inventor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Aristotle was first and foremost a biologist. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• This was the man who had been foremost in the plot to ensnare me, and grasp my wealth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The old men sit in the foremost ranks, the warriors in the next, and the women and children in the hindmost. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Some one jumped out from the foremost wagon into the road; a voice cried aloud, Ay, ay, divil; all's raight! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• First and foremost, Faguey,' said the housebreaker, 'how's Bill? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• And first and foremost of all, your own dear, dark, clever, gipsy-face, looking at me just as usual! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Saint Antoine was clamorous to have its wine-shop keeper foremost in the guard upon the governor who had defended the Bastille and shot the people. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Bulstrode, the banker, is his foremost man. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Alcibiades and some others were scrambling up after you; and then we saw you engage with that foremost blackguard. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• In fact, if the class had been turned the other end foremost I should have been near head. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• What could have happened, then, to bring one of the foremost citizens of London to this most pitiable pass? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The first and foremost question, is the question of Mr. Blake's health. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Thomas Edison, one of the foremost electrical inventors of the present day. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The two foremost men were carried beyond me before they could check themselves. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• So much for the persons and events which hold the foremost place in my memory. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The first and foremost drawing-master of the world! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Lawrence Lefferts was, on the whole, the foremost authority on form in New York. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Now, you must put your best leg foremost, old lady! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It had been foremost to study that bright revelation and to carry its shining influence through the whole of the official proceedings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It is equally true that in Edison and the many men who have graduated from his stern school of endeavor, America has had its foremost seat of electrical engineering. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Mr. Bucket, in the foremost emblazoned carriage, uses his two fat forefingers to hold the lattice a hair's breadth open while he looks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• First and foremost, are you Pubsey and Co. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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