| English | Chinese |
| At first, No. 5 fell behind | 开始时、5 号落后 (注释：fall behind/drop behind/lag behind 均为短语动词,一般情况下可交替使用) |
| attack at the first opportunity | 主动进攻 |
| But you should warm up first—and stretch, too | 可是你应该先做暖身和伸展运动 |
| Chen Yueling won China's first ever gold medal in Olympic Games track and field competition with a victory in the women's 10-kilometer walk final in Barcelona on August 3rd. She clocked 44 minutes 32 seconds | 8 月 3 日、陈跃玲在巴塞罗那奥运会女子 10 公里竞走决赛中夺魁、成绩是 44 分 32 秒、她为中国夺得第一块奥运会田径比赛金牌 |
| Chinese athlete Liu Xiang finished first in the men's 110m hurdles final in 12.91 seconds, breaking the Olympic record and equalling the world record. He won a gold medal for China at the 28th Olympic Games | 中国田径运动员刘翔在男子110米跨栏决赛中以 12 秒91的成绩打破奥运会纪录、平世界纪录、在第 28 届奥运会田径比赛中他为中国获得一块金牌 |
| come in first | 比赛时获得第一名 |
| conditioned reflex of the first order | 一级条件反射 |
| contend for the first place | 夺冠 |
| draw the first blood | 先得一分 |
| fight for the first prize | 夺冠 |
| first aid | 紧急处理 |
| first aid | 应急 |
| first-aid centre | 急救站 |
| first-aid centre | 急救中心 |
| first-aid measure | 急救措施 |
| first-aid post | 急救站 |
| first aid room | 医务急救室 |
| first-aid station | 急救站 |
| first-aid tent | 急救棚 |
| first appearance | 首次亮相 |
| first call | 第一次点名 |
| first caution | 第一次警告 |
| first caution | 拔河第一次警告 |
| first class | 甲级的 |
| first class | 头等的 |
| first-class | —流的 |
| first-class lever | 第一类杠杆 |
| first division | 甲组 |
| first finger | 拇指 |
| first finisher | 第一名 |
| first flash of talent | 初露锋芒 |
| first foul | 第一次犯规 |
| first-grade award | 一等奖 |
| first grade coach | 一流教练 |
| first grade coach | 一级教练 |
| first grade player | 一级运动员 |
| first grade sportsman | 一级运动员 |
| first half | 前半局 |
| first half procedure | 前半程 |
| first in the match | 名列第一 |
| first offence | 第一次违反 |
| first offence | 第一次犯规 |
| first pair | 第一双打 |
| first person | 电子游戏第一人称视角 |
| first person shooting | 三维射击类游戏 |
| first person shooting | 电子游戏第一人称射击类游戏 |
| first place | 冠军 |
| first place | 第一名 |
| first-place winner | 第一名得主 |
| first place won five times in succession | 五连冠 |
| first placer | 第一名 |
| first-rate | 一流的 |
| first-rate | 第一流的 |
| first-rate | 甲级的 |
| first-rate team | 甲级队 |
| first referee | 正裁判员 |
| first round | 首轮比赛 |
| first round | 第一轮比赛 |
| first runner | 第一棒运动员 |
| first sexual characteristics | 第一性征 |
| first shot | 发球 (woodball) |
| first signal system | 第一信号系统 |
| first sound | 第一心音 |
| first squad | 院校或俱乐部的第一队 |
| first squad | 第一队 |
| first string | 第一阵容 |
| first string | 主力队员 |
| first string | 上场阵容 |
| first-stringer | 一线运动员 |
| first-stringer | 一线队员 |
| first stringer | 主力队员 |
| first team | 第一代表队 |
| first team | 一流队 |
| first team | 上场阵容 |
| first ten | 前十名优秀选手 |
| first ten | 十佳 |
| first three | 前三名 |
| first transmission cell | 第一级传递细胞 |
| first twelve placings | 前十二名 |
| first two rounds | 前两轮比赛 |
| first visit | 初诊 |
| friendship first competition second | 比赛第二 |
| friendship first competition second | 友谊第一 |
| friendship first, competition second | 友谊第一、比赛第二 |
| Friendship first, competition second. | 友谊第一，比赛第二。 |
| get to first base | 走向成功的第一步 |
| give first-aid | 救护 |
| give first-aid treatment | 急救 |
| He failed to clear 2. 33 metres on his first attempt | 他第一次试跳 2.33 米、未能成功 |
| I made took my first jump | 我跳了第一次 |
| I swung a few times, and I went up into a handstand, the first time I was ever on the parallel bars | 我第一次上双杠时，在上面甩了几下后，翻到杠子上来了个倒立 |
| In relay race, it is preferable to run the best runner last, the second best first | 接力赛中、应将跑得最快的运动员排在最后、次快的运动员排在第一、这种排列次序更好一些 |
| In sprinting, the first stride should not be too long | 在短跑时、第一步不能跨得太大 |
| In sprinting, your first stride should not be too long | 在短跑时、你的第一步不应跨得太大长 |
| In 1977 the first IAAF World Cup was held in Dusseldorf | 1977 年、 第一届国际田联世界杯赛在德国杜塞尔多夫城举行 |
| In the first part of the movements in the triple jump, the athlete jumps from one foot and lands on the same foot | 三级跳远动作的第一部分、运动员使用单足起跳、用起跳脚着地 (hop) |
| in the first place | 排名第一 |
| In the first round the lane order shall be drawn by lots | 抽签排定道次 |
| In the first round the lane order shall be drawn by lots. | 第一个赛次 |
| In the relay race, the first three runners of the four-member team must pass the baton to the next runner | 接力赛跑时、由 4 名队员组成的接力队中的前3名运动员、必须把他们手中的棒交给下一名运动员 |
| Kevin Young, the new Olympic 400m hurdles champion,became the first to run under 47 seconds in this men's event, with a record time of 46.78 seconds | 新的奥运会 400 米跨栏冠军凯文・扬成为这个男子项目中第一个在47秒内跑完全程的选手、他的纪录是 46.78 秒 |
| mass moment of the first order | 一阶质量矩 |
| moment of the first order | 质点的一阶力矩 |
| safety-first play | 保守法 |
| safety-first play | 保守打法 |
| share the first place | 并列第一 |
| splitting of first heart sound | 第一心音分裂 |
| take the first place | 获第一名 |
| the first leg | 第一段 |
| The first runner of the relay team shall be a quick starter and good on curves | 接力赛跑队的第一名队员要求起跑快、弯道技术好 |
| The hop shall be made so that a competitor lands first on the same foot as that from which he has taken off | 单足跳时应用起跳脚落地、跨步跳时用另一只脚摆动腿落地、然后完成跳跃动作 |
| The marathon race was a close contest with Kodama Taisuke of Japan finishing first in 2 hours, 7 minutes and 23 seconds. Ito of Japan finished second and was followed by two Tanzanians | 这届马拉松赛跑竞争激烈、日本选手儿玉寿介以2小时7分23秒夺得第一名、日本的伊藤是第二名、第三、四名是坦桑尼亚选手 |
| three first | 前三名 |
| tie for the first place | 并列第一 |
| to score first | 首开纪录 |
| to score first | 首先得分 |
| trial run trial throw make the first trialsecond trial/third trial jump | 第一二、三次试跳 |
| When all or the first portion of a relay race is being run in lanes, a competitor may place one check-mark on the track within his own lane, by using self-adhesive tape | 当接力的全程或第一棒为分道跑时、运动员可在自己的分道内用胶布做一个标记 |
| When the bar was raised to 2.31m, he cleared it on his first attempt but grazed the bar | 当横杆高度升至 2.31 米时、他第一次试跳过杆、但身体显然已擦到了横杆 |
| win the first place | 取得第一名 |
| win the first prize again | 再度夺冠 |
| win victory in the first battle | 旗开得胜 |
