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单词 first-rate
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first-rate

also first rate
adjective
If you say that something or someone is first-rate, you mean that they are extremely good and of the highest quality.
[approval]
People who used his service knew they were dealing with a first-rate professional.
Synonyms: excellent, outstanding, first class, exceptional More Synonyms of first-rate

first-rate in British English

adjective
1. 
of the best or highest rated class or quality
2.  informal
very good; excellent
adverb
3.  not standard
very well; excellently

first-rate in American English

(ˈfɜrstˈreɪt)
adjective
1. 
of the highest class, rank, or quality; very good; excellent
adverb
2.  Informal
very well
Word origin
orig. applied to the highest of the rates, or classes, of warships

Examples of 'first-rate' in a sentence
first-rate

It was cast out of first-rate silver, based on a clay model of the dear departed thing which I made from memory.
Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002)
You probably know there's a lot of first-rate tourmaline in Maine.
MacLeod, Charlotte SOMETHING IN THE WATER (2002)
He was also a first-rate administrator and complemented his more boisterous chief who disliked desk work.
Forbes, Colin COVER STORY (2002)
Her dining room was fitted out like a fine restaurant and the galley was run by a first-rate chef.
Cussler, Clive INCA GOLD (2002)

In other languages
first-rate

British English: first-rate ADJECTIVE
If you say that something or someone is first-rate, you mean that they are extremely good and of the highest quality.
People who used his service knew they were dealing with a first-rate professional.
  • American English: first-rate
  • Brazilian Portuguese: de primeira categoria
  • Chinese: 第一流的
  • European Spanish: de primera
  • French: excellent
  • German: erstklassig
  • Italian: di prima qualità
  • Japanese: 一流の
  • Korean: 일류의
  • European Portuguese: de primeira categoria
  • Latin American Spanish: de primera

Chinese translation of 'first-rate'

first-rate

(fəːstˈreɪt)

adj

  1. [actor, swimmer, performance] 第一流的 (dìyīliú de)
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