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first-hand

adjective

🔊/ˌfɜːst ˈhænd/

🔊/ˌfɜːrst ˈhænd/

[only before noun]

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obtained or experienced yourself第一手的；直接的
- to have first-hand experience of poverty亲身体验贫穷
compare second-hand
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
First-hand is used with these nouns:
account
evidence
experience
…
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first-hand

adverb

🔊/ˌfɜːst ˈhænd/

🔊/ˌfɜːrst ˈhænd/

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yourself, rather than having been given something or told about something by somebody else
- to experience poverty first-hand亲身体验贫穷