(at) first hand1 PERSONALLY/YOURSELFif you see, experience, hear etc something at first hand, you see, experience etc it yourself, not through other people 第一手地,直接地 Many people have seen the horrors of war at first hand. 许多人亲眼目睹过战争的恐怖。
→ first-hand 2 if you know or experience something first hand, you have personal experience of it 第一手的[地];直接的[地] a chance to view at first hand the workings of the court 亲身经历法庭工作程序的机会
(at) first hand• Your letters were very welcome, but I still want to hear everything at first hand.• The visit lasted over an hour during which time Neil Kinnock experienced at first hand what carpet manufacturing was all about.• Released from prison, Rudd travelled around the country, undertaking surveys and checking information at first hand.• Primary data is collected by the researcher at first hand, mainly through surveys, interviews, or participant observation.• Work is developed from first hand sources and observed drawing.• These two boys say nothing to me as they get in, first handing their weapons to their friends.• Eventually divers provided first hand evidence that sea otters use rocks as hammers under water to dislodge the abalones.