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英语单词 primary
英美音标 英 ['praɪməri] 美 ['praɪmeri]
中文释义 adj.首要的;主要的;初级的;初等教育的;根本的;初期的
n.第一位;初选;最主要者;要素;原色;初级线圈
英语例句 (1) The primary task for socialism is to develop the productive forces.
(2) Another primary reason is that there seems to be too many private cars and not enough public buses.
(3) The demand for primary products is on the increase in European market.
(4) Primary education comes under the umbrella of local government.
(5) This is the primary source from which human knowledge develops.
(6) A primary disease arises spontaneously with no apparent external symptoms.
(7) We should place development on the primary in governing and rejuvenating the country.
(8) Collins was nosed out by his opponent in the primary.
(9) Nowadays, technology has become the primary factor in the economy development and many people begin to question Marx's theory on labor value.
(10) These are created by combining the primary colors.
(11) "(actors, singers, etc.) perform for outside salary income without approval by the unit they belong to"
(12) In one way, primary and secondary coils are wound around the space.
(13) An electric transformer changes the alternating voltage applied to it in proportion to the numbers of turns in its primary and secondary windings.
中文例句 (1) 社会主义的首要任务是发展社会生产力。
(2) 另一个主要原因是私家车过多而公交车不够。
(3) 欧洲市场对初级产品的需求在增长。
(4) 小学教育受地方政府的保护。
(5) 这是人类认识发展的根源。
(6) 处于初期阶段的疾病发生时没有明显的外在症状。
(7) 我们应将发展放在执政兴国中的第一位。
(8) 柯林斯在初选中就被他的对手击败了。
(9) 摘要当今世界,科技已成为推动经济的第一要素,不少人开始对马克思的劳动价值论提出质疑。
(10) 这些颜色通过混合原色形成。
(11) 走穴
(12) 有一种方法是把初级线圈和次级线圈绕在这个地方。
(13) 变压器其交变电压的改变与初级线圈及其次级线圈的匝数成正比。
vocabulary简明 Primary means basically "first." When you vote in a primary, that is the first election in a series. When a matter is of primary concern, it means it's of first importance. Primary school is the first you go to (after nursery school, at least).
vocabulary扩展 There's an interesting alternate system for counting first, second, third, etc. up to tenth. It's primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, and denary. There's also a word for twelfth, duodenary, though that — along with all the words after tertiary — is rarely used.
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[ADJ 形容词]首要的;主要的 You use primary to describe something that is very important.
  [ADJ n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • That's the primary reason the company's share price has held up so well...

    这是公司股票价格一直居高不下的主要原因。

  • I don't think young people's primary aim in life is to get drunk...

    我觉得年轻人生活的主要目标并不是一醉方休。

  • His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems...

    他对语言的误解是引起其他问题的主要原因。

  • The family continues to be the primary source of care and comfort for people as they grow older.

    随着年龄的增长,家庭仍然是人们获得关爱和安慰的主要源泉。

2
[ADJ 形容词](教育)初级的,初等的,小学的 Primary education is given to pupils between the ages of 5 and 11.
  [ADJ n]
  [BRIT 英]
  • Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880...

    直到1880年,英国才开始实行初等义务教育。

  • Ninety-nine per cent of primary pupils now have hands-on experience of computers.

    现在,99%的小学生都亲手操作过电脑。

  • ...primary teachers.

    小学教师

in AM, use 美国英语用 elementary
3
[ADJ 形容词]首先的;最早的;最初的 Primary is used to describe something that occurs first.
  [ADJ n]
  • It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body...

    原发性肿瘤并不会置人于死地,致命的是身体其他部位的继发肿瘤。

  • They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.

    他们被禁止对客户进行最初的投标。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](美国)初选,预选 A primary or a primary election is an election in an American state in which people vote for someone to become a candidate for a political office.
  • ...the 1968 New Hampshire primary...

    1968年新罕布什尔州的初选

  • She won the Democratic primary...

    她在民主党的初选中获胜。

  • New York holds its primary election on Tuesday.

    纽约州将在星期二举行预选。

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