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    /ˈfɜːrstli/ · /ˈfɜːstli/

    Used at the start of a sentence to show that the fact, reason, or point you are about to give is the first one, and that you will give more after it.

    第一；首先

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

You can picture firstly as the speaker holding up one finger before a list: it does not just mean 'this happened first in time' — it announces that a series is coming, and this is item one of several. The word is a for the listener, not a fact about the world.

說話的人在開口前先豎起一根手指。firstly 標的不是「時間上最先發生」，而是「我接下來要一條一條講，這是第一條」…更多收起說話的人在開口前先豎起一根手指。firstly 標的不是「時間上最先發生」，而是「我接下來要一條一條講，這是第一條」。它是講給聽的人聽的路標——聽到 firstly，你就知道後面還有 secondly、還有下一個理由在等著，於是先把心裡的清單格子打開。也因為這個「排隊列點」的味道，它多半出現在說理、報告、寫作這種需要條列的場合，比日常口語裡的 first 正式一些。

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

firstlyadv/ˈfɜɹstli/

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    formalIn the first place; before anything else; first.

    • Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants. […] Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
    • We'll go into more depth with all the specs shortly so anyone less well versed in espresso speak will understand what I'm harping on about, but firstly let's just talk about using the machine.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。