The lunch was excellent, especially the first course.

午饭非常好吃，尤其是第一道菜。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

If you're invited to a yuppie dinner party, don't be surprised if you're offered freshly-cooked insects as a first course.

如果你被邀请参加雅皮士的晚宴，第一道菜是新鲜烹制的昆虫的话不要感到惊讶。

youdao

What would you like for your first course?

您第一道菜想点什么？

youdao

"I am confident President Sarkozy will not be here for the first course of our dinner, but will still be sitting as we complete our dinner this evening,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

In 1852, around that time, this might have been the first course that was offered in engineering in the country: it was taught at Yale in civil engineering in 1852 even Yale students don't know this; what a long, distinguished history of engineering that their own institution has.

在一八五二年,那个时候,这可能是最早开设的一门课程,在国内的工程学方向,它就是一八五二年开始讲授的土木工程,甚至是耶鲁自己的学生都不知道这些,他们所在的学院有着,如此独特而悠久的历史

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

I first started teaching this course in the late 1970s and 80s when literary theory was a thing absolutely of the moment.

我在20世纪七八十年代时开始教这门课,当时文学理论非常流行。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The first course at Dismal River, in the sand hills near tiny Mullen, Neb.

WSJ: Cabot Links, Streamsong, Bandon: When Building a Course Makes Sense | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport

My first encounter with the concept of market efficiency dates back to my first course in economics.

FORBES: How Many Economists Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?

In January, Ballesteros expressed his optimism after receiving the test results from his first course of chemotherapy.

BBC: Ballesteros needs more treatment