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。