First and foremost, a lot of times the information that's being handed over to the government isn't information that pertains to a crime."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

And what he seems to be saying is this: we are beings who are first and foremost dominated " by a desire for power.

他所说的似乎是像这样：,“我们是被追求权力欲望,所主宰的首要生物。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

what I'm talking about is a space, a safe space in our lives with our closest friends, with our family, first and foremost, with ourselves, will we have the permission to be human.

我的意思是一个空间，生活中的私密空间，和挚友一起时，和家人在一起时，最重要的是面对自己时，我们要准许自己为人。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

So,food aid was,first and foremost, a mechanism to get rid of those surpluses."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Biden explained the advantages of the new system: "Our new phased adaptive approach to missile defense is designed to meet a growing threat, not only to the United States, but first and foremost to Europe,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.21