the most prominent in rank, importance, or position 最突出的,最杰出的,首要的 one of the foremost art collectors of his day. 他那时代最重要的艺术收藏家之一。
adverb
before anything else in rank, importance, or position; in the first place 在最前,最先 it was, foremost, the first unequivocal demonstration of the process. 最重要的是,这是首次明确示范这一过程。
语源
Old 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