first-rate

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ˌfirst-ˈrate adjectiveadj

GOOD/EXCELLENTof the very best quality 第一流的，极好的 SYN excellent

He’s a first-rate surgeon.

他是一流的外科医生。

Examples from the Corpus

first-rate• It is directed by James Cameron, though, and so primarily a first-rate action picture.• Jim said that the store had a first-rate food department and a bank.• From Doubleday comes a new series of first-rate hardbacks for small children.• This is not a first-rate print.• The struggle produced at least two first-rate publications in the field of political literature.• They were first-rate soldiers and archers, and extraordinary horsemen.

From Longman Business Dictionary

first-rateˌfirst-ˈrate adjectiveadj

excellent or of the very best quality

Our sales force receive first-rate training.

Service at the hotel is first-rate, and the rates are very reasonable.

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