He came out first in the English language competition and he felt on top of the world

题目

He came out first in the English language competition and he felt on top of the world
为什么first前不加the

答案

用the的话,就表示第一,但是the first是修饰名词的,这里的不加the是因为first修饰came out的行为或状态,译为：他出来,而出来的行为是什么呢,是first,第一.