Odie的英语课 597 易混淆词 First, firstly or at first

596 复习ill，sick 生病的，不舒服的I feel sick. 我感到不舒服。I'm ill. 我病了。I was ill for a time last year. 去年我病了一段时间。Lucy looks ill. 露西看起来生病了。a sick child 生病的孩子be sick 在英国是呕吐firstfirstlyat firstfirst 第一（的），最初/早（的），首先What's the name of the first person who walked on the moon?第一个在月球上行走的人叫什么名字？（first 作形容词）Lucy always arrives first at meetings. 露西开会总是先到。（first 作副词）我们写作的时候常会用“首先，然后，最后”，“首先/第一”就是first。如果制作列表（making a list)，可以用 first 或者 firstly。Firstly 比 first 更加正式。比如：Dear Mr GatesFirst(ly) I would like to thank you for your kind offer of a job ...亲爱的盖茨先生：首先，我想感谢您提供的工作……！！不说At first I would like to thank you...！！at first意思就是 at the beginning / in the beginning 一开始，起初，首先常常会有对比At first when I went to England to study English, I was homesick, but in the end I cried when it was time to leave.起初当我去英国学习英语时，我很想家，但最后当我要离开的时候，我哭了。in the end 最后，终于，最终He called for help. No one heard him at first, but eventually two young girls came to help him.他（向人）呼救。起初没有人听到他的声音，但最终两个年轻女孩来帮助他。eventually 最后，终于