与他结婚63年的发妻玛丽先他11个月离开了人世。

His wife of 63 years, Mary, predeceased him by 11 months.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

开头他先对这个报告作了几点概括性的评论。

He began by making a few general observations about the report.

《牛津词典》

他落地时双脚先着地。

He landed feet first.

《牛津词典》

Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish, Kicking his way down through the air to the ground.

然后，纵身一跳，他两脚先伸出去，在空中乱踢乱舞，于是飕的一声，降落到地面。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

So what makes him feel close to home, in a way, has to make him feel close to the religion he's trying to reject.

所以，要想让一个人对亲近家，在某种意义上，先得让他亲近他试图抗拒的宗教。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You can think of it as this reaction to the problem of lateness that accounts for one of the invocation's most distinctive features, and that's the repetition of the word "first."

你们可以把弥尔顿在这首诗中对“晚“的回应,当做这首诗最明显的特征之一，这表现在他反复使用“初/先“一词上“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选