premiere
premiere — noun
1. the event when a film, play, or similar work is presented to an audience for the
the event when a film, play, or similar work is presented to an audience for the first time
Fans lined the street for the film's premiere in Taipei.
premiere in + city
The ballet's premiere drew school children, teachers, and reporters.
After the TV premiere, viewers shared clips all night.
Tickets for Friday's premiere sold out in twenty minutes.
The documentary had its world premiere at a mountain festival.
- debut
close in meaning, but it is also widely used for a person's first public appearance
- opening night
narrower; it focuses on the first evening performance
- launch
broader and more commercial, often used for products or services
文法句型
a film's premiere
have its premiere
world premiere
tickets for the premiere
用法筆記
Often follows the name of a film, play, or series, and commonly appears with words like world, TV, or Friday night.
常見錯誤
premiere — verb
1. to be shown or performed to the public in its first showing, or to present a wor
to be shown or performed to the public in its first showing, or to present a work that way
The film premieres in Kaohsiung next week after two years of work.
intransitive: work premieres in + place
Netflix will premiere the series worldwide on Friday night.
transitive: premiere + object
A new opera premiered at the city hall last winter.
The station premiered a cooking show after the evening news.
Chen's short dance piece will premiere online during the arts festival.
文法句型
the film premieres in Kaohsiung
premiere a series on Friday
premiere at a festival
premiere online
用法筆記
Used both with no object and with a direct object. Without an object, the subject is usually the film, play, or show itself; with an object, the subject is the person or company presenting it.
常見錯誤
premiere — adjective
1. coming before anything else in time; earliest
coming before anything else in time; earliest
The premiere edition still showed the author's handwritten corrections.
formal use for earliest version
The climbers' premiere attempt failed, but the second one reached camp.
These premiere maps show the coast before the harbor was built.
In the village's premiere days, families still carried water home.
文法句型
premiere draft
premiere flight
premiere records
premiere years
用法筆記
Formal and rare in modern English. Most speakers use first or earliest instead.