The industrialized capitalist countries of western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
第一世界（指西欧、北美、日本、澳大利亚和新西兰等工业化资本主义国家）。比较SECOND W ORLD 和THIRD WORLD
Compare with Second World and Third World
Example sentencesExamples
If it's not in those two sectors, I'm not sure what it is that sustains a First World standard of living here.
This group balances the First World power on the council and adds developing nation concerns to the decision-making process.
New Zealand is the only First World country with an agricultural base.
By 2005, there will be little non-high tech manufacturing left anywhere in the First World.
We are committed to developing first-class infrastructure for our First World nation.
If you come from the First World and have never experienced the problem of lack of rights as a citizen you will not see how serious this issue is.
In common usage, the Third World comprises all countries not included in the First World and the Second World.
So also are there diverse people in major urban centres in the First World, reflecting many cultural influences and ethnic conjunctions.
But step through the building's entrance, and the First World illusion disappears.
This is not the way to provide the First World health services that New Zealanders deserve.
Investments in the First World were mainly in support of exports, while those in the Third World were mainly involved in resource exploitation.
At the same time, we have the caregivers existing on wages that are simply not acceptable in a country that likes to think of itself as part of the First World.
Definition of First World in US English:
First World
nounˌfərst ˈwərldˌfərst ˈwərld
The industrialized capitalist countries of western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
第一世界（指西欧、北美、日本、澳大利亚和新西兰等工业化资本主义国家）。比较SECOND W ORLD 和THIRD WORLD
Compare with Second World and Third World
Example sentencesExamples
This is not the way to provide the First World health services that New Zealanders deserve.
This group balances the First World power on the council and adds developing nation concerns to the decision-making process.
If you come from the First World and have never experienced the problem of lack of rights as a citizen you will not see how serious this issue is.
New Zealand is the only First World country with an agricultural base.
Investments in the First World were mainly in support of exports, while those in the Third World were mainly involved in resource exploitation.
We are committed to developing first-class infrastructure for our First World nation.
By 2005, there will be little non-high tech manufacturing left anywhere in the First World.
In common usage, the Third World comprises all countries not included in the First World and the Second World.
So also are there diverse people in major urban centres in the First World, reflecting many cultural influences and ethnic conjunctions.
But step through the building's entrance, and the First World illusion disappears.
If it's not in those two sectors, I'm not sure what it is that sustains a First World standard of living here.
At the same time, we have the caregivers existing on wages that are simply not acceptable in a country that likes to think of itself as part of the First World.