最優先

さいゆうせん【最優先】

¶ → 最優先事項

¶彼は何よりも家庭を～する

He puts his family before everything else.

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さいゆうせん【最優先】

～の top [first, highest] priority; overriding.

～する have the highest priority; come first.

●最優先させる give the highest priority 《to…》; put sth first.

●その件は最優先で扱われた. The matter was given top [the highest] priority. | The highest priority went to the matter.

●最優先の課題 a question of the highest priority; a top-priority issue.

●彼は仕事最優先だ. He (always) puts work first. | Work (always) comes first with him.

・組合にとっては雇用の確保が最優先で, 昇給など二の次だ. For the union, maintaining employment (levels) takes top priority, far above such concerns as an increase in wages.

最優先に with first [top] priority.

●人命救助を最優先に考える consider, first and foremost, the rescue of human lives

・いつでも仕事を最優先にしている. I always give my job top priority.