the first time实质上是名词短语，而for the first time是介宾短语。前者可以引导状语从句，后者在句子中作为时间状语。
如果要说选择一个短语相当于when，就选择后者。因为when的词性是状语（同后者词性和语法功能相似）
如果要说选择一个短语相当于when，就选择后者。因为when的词性是状语（同后者词性和语法功能相似）
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第1个回答 2019-07-27
for
the
first
time
第一次，使用时作状语，不可引导句子。
如：①I
saw
the
sea
for
the
first
time
in
my
life
.
②He
returned
home
for
the
first
time
after
ten
years
.
the
first
time第一次、首次，名词词组用作连词可引导句子，如：
①
I
remember
the
first
time
I
saw
you.
I
did
most
of
talking.
②
He
fell
in
love
with
it
the
first
time
he
got
to
Guilin.
③
This
is
the
first
time
that
I
have
been
to
America
the
first
time
第一次，使用时作状语，不可引导句子。
如：①I
saw
the
sea
for
the
first
time
in
my
life
.
②He
returned
home
for
the
first
time
after
ten
years
.
the
first
time第一次、首次，名词词组用作连词可引导句子，如：
①
I
remember
the
first
time
I
saw
you.
I
did
most
of
talking.
②
He
fell
in
love
with
it
the
first
time
he
got
to
Guilin.
③
This
is
the
first
time
that
I
have
been
to
America
第2个回答 2009-01-29
the first time是名词短语用作联词,另一个做状语.
第3个回答 2009-01-29
for the first time 一般用在句子中
如She came here for the first time.
the first time,就是第一次
The first time I met her,she wore a white dress.
如She came here for the first time.
the first time,就是第一次
The first time I met her,she wore a white dress.
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