首先用英语怎么说？

首先

• [shǒu xiān ]
  （最先） first，in the first place，first of all，above all，firstly

例句

• If you wish to join the club, you should apply to the secretary in the first instance. 你如果希望加入俱乐部, 首先应向秘书提出申请。
• Although many consider Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon to be foremost an excellent kung fu movie,the story depicts many forms of love,the most memorable of which is the poignant romance between the two star-crossed lovers played by Chow Yun fat and Michelle 尽管许多人认为《卧虎藏龙》首先是部极好的功夫片，但影片描写了多种形式的爱，其中最令人难忘的是周润发和杨紫琼扮演的那对不幸恋人间辛酸的浪漫。
• For one thing there isn't time, for another we haven't enough money. 首先我们没有时间, 其次我们没有足够的钱。
• To begin with, she is too young for that kind of job. 首先, 她做这种工作年纪还太轻。
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place? 你为何首先选择篮球呢?
• He was above all a good and tireless writer. 他首先是一位优秀的、不知疲倦的作家。
• A knowledge of her upbringing is basic to an understanding of her books. 要读懂她的书就要首先了解她的成长经历。
• To start with,we haven’t enough money,and secondly we haven’t enough time. 首先,我们没有足够的资金;其次,我们没有足够的时间。
• All other considerations are secondary to his safety. 现在首先要考虑的是他的安全, 其他事均是次要的。
• First, he had to establish his credentials as a researcher. 首先，他得证明自己做调查员的资格。

同义词

• 起首，开始，起初，最先，最初，

反义词

• 最后，

英汉词典释义

• [shǒu xiān]
  （最先） first
  cast the first stone
  首先发难
  speak first
  首先发言
  At no time and in no circumstances will China be the first to use nuclear weapons.
  在任何时候任何情况下中国都不会首先使用核武器。
  First of all I must take these magazines to the teacher.
  首先我得把这些杂志交给教师。

汉语词典释义

• 词语 首先
  拼音 shǒu xiān
  解释 ①(副)最先,最早.~报名.(作状语)②(代)表示次序第一的(人或事物).并列式:首+先.
  构成 并列式：首＋先
  释义

  （副）最先；最早。～报名。（作状语）

  （代）表示次序第一的（人或事物）。