1·Above all, chairs should be comfortable.
首先椅子应该舒适。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The omens are not good. Two economic issues above all are fuelling public anger: price rises, especially for food, and power cuts, a consequence of a shortage of money to pay for imported fuel.
但预兆不祥，首先两大经济问题正引得群情激愤：物价，尤其食品价格一路飙升；无力支付进口燃料，电力供应糟减。
3·I believe that his friends, above all Halifax, came to the conclusion that he must be rooted out of the life he was leading at Trinity which must soon lead to decay of mind and health.
我相信他的朋友们，首先是哈利法克斯得出这样的结论：他必须从在三一学院沿循的生活中拔出脚来，否则它必定很快会导致精神和健康的衰落。
4·Above all, we should recognize our strengths and weaknesses.
首先，我们应该认识自己的优点和缺点。
5·And in the end, the great artist under this climate is, above all, a great living being, it being understood that living in this case is just as much experiencing as reflecting.
最后，在这种气候下的伟大艺术家首先是一个伟大的生者，因为人生活在这种情况下，既需要大量地体验生活，也要进行大量的思考。
1·For example, a high growth rate placed great strains on the existing structures of governance, of administration, and above all of socialization.
例如，高增长率给现有的治理结构、行政结构，尤其是社会化结构带来了巨大的压力。
2·Each of us can develop his or her own "energy saving programme" with a little self-observation, critical self-control and, above all, logical consistency.
我们每人都可以通过些许自我观察、批判性的自我控制，尤其是逻辑一致性，来制定自己的“节能计划”。
3·He seated himself there, as on the preceding day, surveying from a distance, and clearly making out, the white bonnet, the black dress, and above all, that blue light.
和前一天一样，他在那里坐了下来，从远处了望，清清楚楚地看见了那顶白帽子，那件黑裙袍，尤其是那一片蓝光。
4·Above all, it shows how the photographer projected her inner torment and sense of estrangement onto her unsuspecting sitters.
尤其是它展现了摄影家如何将她内心的折磨与失和的感观投射在她那毫不怀疑的模特身上。
5·The whole radio business model is built around pandering to local community groups, small businesses, area schools and, above all, local listeners.
整个无线电广播商业模式是建立在迎合地方社区群体、小型企业、地方学校，尤其是地方听众基础上的。