英语词汇“first among equals”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

first among equals n. and adj. (a) n. the most senior or prominent person or thing in a group whose members share the same formal rank or status; (b) adj.designating such a person or thing (only in predicative use). [After post-classical Latin primus inter pares adj.]

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1711 P. Abercromby Martial Atchievem. Scots Nation I. ii. ii. 425 He is..the Primate of the Christian Church, the Moderator of their General Assemblies, the first among Equals.

1787 J. Adams Def. Constit. Govt. U.S.A. I. xliii. 240 Tisamenus..was first among equals at least.

1823 W. Tudor Life J. Otis xl. 151 This religious society..was generally considered the first among equals, of all the congregational churches.

1894 Yorks. Herald 16 Mar. 4/4 He would not there have found himself so indisputably first among equals as he is in the Lower House.

1934 P. J. Eikeland et al. Ibsen Stud. 50 The king in his relations to the other chieftains within his domain was..to be considered as the first among equals (primus inter pares).

1971 J. I. Coffey Strategic Power & National Security iv. 47 Many Americans have insisted that the United States be at least ‘first among equals’ insofar as strategic power is concerned.

2001 Nation (N.Y.) 29 Jan. 21/2 Although the legislature..and the judges..bear some responsibility for this explosive change, the vast discretionary powers of the prosecutors..make them first among equals.

2013 New Yorker 7 Jan. 70/2 A stunning array of Malevich's..paintings affirms him as the first among equals.

单词	first among equals
释义	> as lemmas first among equals first among equals n. and adj. (a) n. the most senior or prominent person or thing in a group whose members share the same formal rank or status; (b) adj.designating such a person or thing (only in predicative use). [After post-classical Latin primus inter pares adj.] ΚΠ 1711 P. Abercromby Martial Atchievem. Scots Nation I. ii. ii. 425 He is..the Primate of the Christian Church, the Moderator of their General Assemblies, the first among Equals. 1787 J. Adams Def. Constit. Govt. U.S.A. I. xliii. 240 Tisamenus..was first among equals at least. 1823 W. Tudor Life J. Otis xl. 151 This religious society..was generally considered the first among equals, of all the congregational churches. 1894 Yorks. Herald 16 Mar. 4/4 He would not there have found himself so indisputably first among equals as he is in the Lower House. 1934 P. J. Eikeland et al. Ibsen Stud. 50 The king in his relations to the other chieftains within his domain was..to be considered as the first among equals (primus inter pares). 1971 J. I. Coffey Strategic Power & National Security iv. 47 Many Americans have insisted that the United States be at least ‘first among equals’ insofar as strategic power is concerned. 2001 Nation (N.Y.) 29 Jan. 21/2 Although the legislature..and the judges..bear some responsibility for this explosive change, the vast discretionary powers of the prosecutors..make them first among equals. 2013 New Yorker 7 Jan. 70/2 A stunning array of Malevich's..paintings affirms him as the first among equals. extracted from firstadj.adv.n.² < as lemmas
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