the most important or famous; in a position at the front 最重要的;最著名的;最前的 I'd like to introduce you to the world's foremost authority on the subject. 我想向你介绍该学科全世界首屈一指的权威。 The Prime Minister was foremost among those who condemned the violence. 首相带头谴责暴力行为。 This question has been foremost in our minds recently. 近来在我们的心目中这一直是个最重要的问题。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryForemost is used with these nouns:- authority
- exponent
- poet
- …
Word OriginOld English formest, fyrmest, from forma ‘first’ (ultimately a superlative formed from the Germanic base of fore) + -est. Compare with first and former. The current spelling arose by association with fore and most.