first hand

1 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

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(at) first hand• Released from prison, Rudd travelled around the country, undertaking surveys and checking information at first hand.• Your letters were very welcome, but I still want to hear everything at first hand.• Eventually divers provided first hand evidence that sea otters use rocks as hammers under water to dislodge the abalones.• 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.• Students in the program are exposed first hand to college life.• The visit lasted over an hour during which time Neil Kinnock experienced at first hand what carpet manufacturing was all about.• The school deals first hand with all the problems of today's society.

→ (at) first hand at first1(6)

2 → first-hand

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Word family

ˌfirst-ˈhand (also firsthand) /ˌfɜːstˈhænd $ ˌfɜːrst-/ adjectiveadj [only before noun]

first-hand experience/knowledge/account etc PERSONALLY/YOURSELFexperience etc that has been learned or gained by doing something yourself or by talking to someone yourself 亲身体验/直接得来的知识/第一手报道等 → second-hand

journalists with first-hand experience of working in war zones

有战地工作经验的新闻记者

Examples from the Corpus

first-hand experience/knowledge/account etc• At one time, physical presence was a prerequisite for first-hand experience.• International research tends to involve analyzing international data, rather than acquiring first-hand knowledge about international operations in other countries.• And now I know from first-hand experience it's the wrong approach.• This understanding needs to be informed, up-to-date and backed by first-hand experience, not based on hearsay or second-hand impressions.• Besides, the people of Waterloo had first-hand knowledge of the advantages of public ownership.• It reflects, often, a first-hand experience of the events it describes.• Millions of people across the world have first-hand experience of what it can do.• Their testimony on it represents crucial, first-hand experience of which those planning for the hospital-based sector must take significant account.

—first-hand adverbadv

experience gained first-hand

亲身体验

→ (at) first hand at first1(8)

Examples from the Corpus

first-hand• This letter remains the only first-hand account of life on the island in the 17th century.• Such beliefs are born out of first-hand experience and second-hand stories.• This understanding needs to be informed, up-to-date and backed by first-hand experience, not based on hearsay or second-hand impressions.• I had first-hand experience of that.• Millions of people across the world have first-hand experience of what it can do.• Clara knew from first-hand experience that living in a foreign country would be difficult.• International research tends to involve analyzing international data, rather than acquiring first-hand knowledge about international operations in other countries.• Besides, the people of Waterloo had first-hand knowledge of the advantages of public ownership.• Giving your children a first-hand look at your work can have a significant impact on their career aspirations.

ˌfirst-ˈhand adjectiveadj

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