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Principal Person Charge School Business ˈprɪnsəpl Noun Countable

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/prɪ̱nsɪp(ə)l/
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[ADJ 形容词]首要的;最主要的;最重要的 Principal means first in order of importance.
  [ADJ n]
  • The principal reason for my change of mind is this.

    这是我改变主意的最主要原因。

  • ...the country's principal source of foreign exchange earnings...

    这个国家最主要的外汇收入来源

  • Their principal concern is bound to be that of winning the next general election.

    他们最关心的问题肯定是赢得下一次大选。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](中小学)校长;(英国)大学校长,学院院长 The principal of a school, or in Britain the principal of a college, is the person in charge of the school or college.
  • Donald King is the principal of Dartmouth High School.

    唐纳德·金是达特茅斯中学的校长。


Oxford prin·ci·pal AWL / ˈprɪnsəpl ; NAmE ˈprɪnsəpl /
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adjective [only before noun ] most important; main 最重要的;主要的 The principal reason for this omission is lack of time. 跳过它的主要原因是时间不足。 New roads will link the principal cities of the area. 新建道路将连通这个地区的主要城市。 synonyms at
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noun 1 ( BrE) the person who is in charge of a college or a university 大学校长;学院院长 Peter Brown, principal of St John's College 彼得 · 布朗,圣约翰学院院长 see also
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2 ( NAmE) ( BrE ˌhead ˈteacher ) a teacher who is in charge of a school 校长 Principal Ray Smith 雷 · 史密斯校长 3 [usually singular ] ( finance ) an amount of money that you lend to sb or invest to earn interest 本金;资本 4 the person who has the most important part in a play, an opera,etc. 主要演员;主角 5 ( technical 术语 ) a person that you are representing, especially in business or law (尤指商务或法律事务的)当事人,委托人
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principal1 adjective
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principalprin‧ci‧pal1 /ˈprɪnsəpəl/ ●●○ W2 AWL adjective [only before noun]
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most important SYN  main:  His principal reason for making the journey was to visit his family. Teaching is her principal source of income. the principal character in the book see thesaurus at
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1school [countable] American English someone who is in charge of a school SYN headteacher British English:  a small school with just three teachers and the principal see thesaurus at
teacher
2university/college [countable] British English someone who is in charge of a university or college3business [countable] American English the main person in a business or organization, who can make important business decisions and is legally responsible for them:  The principal of the business has an office in New York.4performer [countable] the main performer in a play or in a group of musicians, dancers etc:  She later became a principal with the Royal Ballet.5money [singular] technical the original amount of money that is lent to someone, not including any of the interest
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principals[590]
校长(54%),主要的(17%),本金(11%),委托人(6%),首要的(3%),主犯(3%),主角(3%),资本(3%)
adj.主要的;资本的
n.首长;校长;资本;当事人

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