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

I didn't even make it to first base.
我甚至没有让他开始过。
Andy, I am a construction engineer working with the Show Company and right now I am working at Shandong Nuclear Power Plant, the first base of nuclear reactor here has been excavated now.
安迪，我是美国邵尔公司施工工程师，目前在山东核电厂工作，这里的第一个核反应堆的基础已经开挖。
A seat on the first base line, please.
我要靠一垒的位子。
( baseball or softball) the person who plays first base.
（棒球或垒球）在一垒比赛的人。
He can't see first base from home plate.
他从本垒板连一垒都看不清。
He didn't make it past first base.
他未能跑过一垒。
Playing first base, though, is another story.
那在一垒守备呢？恐怕又是另外一回事。
Suppose Sam falls in love with Betty. Can he even get to first base with her?
假如萨姆爱上了贝蒂，贝蒂会给他机会吗？
The new pitcher made a great play on that throw to first base.
新的投手向第一垒投出精彩的一球。
Our project never got to first base.
我们的项目从末迈出成功的第一步。