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Principal Chief Main Important French 3329.Principal 英 Prɪnsəp(ə)L]美

正面 3329.principal
英 ['prɪnsəp(ə)l]美 ['prɪnsəpl]

背面
释义:
adj. 主要的;资本的n. 首长;校长;资本;当事人
例句:
1. The two principal combustion products are water vapor and carbon dioxide.两种主要的燃烧产物是水蒸气和二氧化碳。

1、prin- + cip- + -al.2、字面含义:that takes first. => first in importance, principal, chief, "main, most important," of persons.
principal 主要的,最重要的,校长,院长,王公,小国君主来自古法语principal,主要的,最重要的,来自拉丁语principalis,最重要的,来自princeps,国王,统治者,酋长,词源同prince.引申词义名词词义校长,院长等。
principal (adj.)c. 1300, "main, principal, chief, dominant, most important;" also "great, large," from Old French principal "main, most important," of persons, "princely, high-ranking" (11c.), from Latin principalis "first in importance; original, primitive," from princeps "first man, chief, leader" (see prince).principal (n.)c. 1300, "ruler, governor;" also "main part;" from principal (adj.) or from or influenced by noun uses in Old French and Latin. From mid-14c. in the sense of "money on which interest is paid;" 1827 as "person in charge of a public school," though meaning "head of a college or hall" was in English from mid-15c."

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