中式英語之鑒:首先

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291. 首先,你必須努力工作。
    [誤] At first, you must work hard.
    [正] First, you must work hard.
    注:at first 指“起初,開始的時候”,如:At first I found this question very difficult, but finally I managed to
    answer it(一開始我覺得這個問題很難回答,不過最后我還是答出來了);first 才是指“首先”。又如:First, let me introduce myself(首先,請允許我介紹一下我自己)。