the first

the first person to do something, or the first thing to happen 第一个人；首次出现的事物

There are now many similar housing projects but this was the first.

现在类似的住宅项目有许多，但在当时这一项目是首创。

We hope this year’s festival will be the first of many.

我们希望今年的节庆活动只是一个开始。

the first to do something

I always thought my sister would be the first to get married.

我一直认为我姐姐会第一个结婚。

James was the first to arrive.

詹姆斯第一个到达。

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the First

spoken used after the name of a king, queen, or pope when other later ones have the same name 一世〔用于国王、女王或教皇的名字后〕

Queen Elizabeth the First (=written as Queen Elizabeth I)

女王伊丽莎白一世

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