Residents have the responsibility of being the first line of defence against wildfires.

居民有责任成为野火的首要防卫人员。

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She had the distinction of being the first woman to fly the Atlantic.

她不同凡响，是第一个飞越大西洋的女子。

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Being a real winner doesn't always mean being the first.

成为真正的赢家并不总是意味着成为第一。

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And,he was proud of being the first African-American to break the color barrier in a major opera house.

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Hopefully you will So, I do the first presentation here and I kind of like being the first.

尽管提出来,第一个做陈述,我很高兴。

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Plato, who Popper accuses in a passionate, albeit not very well written book, accuses Plato of being the first to establish a kind of totalitarian dictatorship.

柏拉图在，Popper，充满激情，但写得不是很好的书中饱受指责，他指责柏拉图是第一位,建立类似极权独裁专政的人。

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Being the first constitutionally pacifist nation even gave them a warm glow of moral superiority.

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Nokia lived up to the expectation of being the first company to heavily push wireless charging.

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He didn't know his Jayhawks would be trying to fend off being the first.

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