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the first time

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the first time 的音标为英 /ðə fɜːst taɪm/,美 /ði fɜːrst taɪm/,基本含义是“第一次”,表示某个动作或事件首次发生的时间点。它在英语中有两种主要用法:一是作为连词引导时间状语从句,二是用于固定句型 It is/was the first time + (that) 从句,且需搭配完成时态。

用法详解

引导时间状语从句
作为连词使用,直接连接主句和从句,相当于“当第一次……时”。此时从句用一般过去时,主句根据语境选择时态。

例句:I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it.(我第一次听到这首歌就爱上了它。)

固定句型 It is/was the first time + (that) 从句

It is the first time 后接 现在完成时,强调动作对现在的影响。
例句:It is the first time she has lived independently.(这是她第一次独立生活。)

It was the first time 后接 过去完成时,强调过去某个时间点前的首次经历。
例句:It was the first time he had set foot on African soil.(那是他第一次踏上非洲大地。)
该句型中 that 可省略,且从句动作需为“首次发生且此前从未出现”。

与 for the first time 的区别

the first time 是连词/名词短语,需接从句或用于固定句型;

for the first time 是介词短语,单独作状语,不接从句。
对比:

I saw the ocean for the first time in 2010.(2010年我第一次看到大海。)

I cried the first time I saw the ocean.(我第一次看到大海时哭了。)

10句实用例句

It was the first time they had ever met.(那是他们初次会面。)

This is the first time she has experienced disappointment.(这是她第一次感受到失望。)

He scored the first time he touched the ball.(他第一次击球就得了分。)

I'll never forget hearing this music the first time.(我永远忘不了第一次听到这首曲子的情景。)

It is the first time farmers have decided to organize.(这是农场主首次决定组织起来。)

She spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage.(她第一次说起婚姻破裂之痛。)

The first time I went to Paris, I visited the Eiffel Tower.(我第一次去巴黎时参观了埃菲尔铁塔。)

It was the first time I had set foot on American soil.(那是我第一次踏足美洲大地。)

With high voter registration, many will be voting for the first time.(由于登记率高,很多人将首次投票。)

It's not the first time you have found yourself in this situation.(这已不是你第一次遇到这种情况。)

常见短语搭配

for the first time(介词短语,单独作状语):Streams had run dry for the first time in memory.(溪流在记忆中第一次干涸了。)

the first time + 从句:The first time I met her, she was working in a café.(我第一次见她时,她正在咖啡馆工作。)

易错点提示

避免使用 at the first time,这一表达不符合英语习惯,正确形式为 for the first timethe first time

在固定句型中,若主句为 It was...,从句必须用过去完成时,而非一般过去时。例如:It was the first time I had traveled alone.(正确)而非 It was the first time I traveled alone.

无论是描述初次经历还是强调时间节点,the first time 都能精准传达“首次”的含义,掌握其两种用法可显著提升句式灵活性。你是否曾在写作中混淆过它与 for the first time 的用法?不妨用今天的例句对比分析,加深理解。