first base

英 [ˌfɜːst ˈbeɪs]

美 [ˌfɜːrst ˈbeɪs]

n. 一垒

习惯用语

not get to first base (with sth/sb)

（工程、关系等）未能顺利开始，未能跨出第一步
to fail to make a successful start in a project, relationship, etc.; to fail to get through the first stage

noun

一垒
the first of the bases that players must touch
1. He didn't make it past first base.
  他未能跑过一垒。

noun

the initial stage in accomplishing something
1. we didn't get to first base with that approach
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
Synonym:first
the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball

Playing first base, though, is another story.
那在一垒守备呢？恐怕又是另外一回事。
Our project never got to first base.
我们的项目从末迈出成功的第一步。
By the time he reached first base, the right fielder had the ball.
等他到达一垒时，右外野手已经接到球了。
He only got it into the infield, and the infielder quickly got the ball to first base.
因为他只把球打到内野，而内野手很快把球传回了一垒。
However, we can be certain that if the program doesn't hit the first base case it will at least hit the second one when it gets to the end of the list.
不过，我们可以断言，如果程序不能达到第一个基线条件，那么当它到达列表末尾时至少能达到第二个基线条件。
Here's a throw to first base, and Ross is out.
球扔向一垒，罗斯出局了。
He didn't make it past first base.
他未能跑过一垒。
( baseball or softball) the person who plays first base.
（棒球或垒球）在一垒比赛的人。
The Tigers had a man on first base with one out, but the next batter hit into a double play.
老虎队有一球员占一垒，一人出局，可是下一个击球手击出一球被双杀。
The man to the right of the pitcher standing near first base is called the first baseman.
站在第一垒附近投手右边的叫一垒手。