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Primary Adj Describe Education Pupils Election 英[ˈpraɪməri 美[ˈpraɪmeri

单词 primary
音标
英[ˈpraɪməri] 美[ˈpraɪmeri]
解释
adj.首要的,主要的;最早的,原始的;[地质学]原生的;基本的;n.第一位;最好者;要素;候选人提拔会;
例句

ADJ
首要的;主要的
You use primary to describe something that is very important.
例: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。
例: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。

ADJ
(教育)初级的,初等的,小学的
Primary education is given to pupils between the ages of 5 and 11.
例: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。
例: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。

ADJ
首先的;最早的;最初的
Primary is used to describe something that occurs first.
例: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。
例:They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.他们被禁止对客户进行最初的投标。

N-COUNT
(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.
例:...the 1968 New Hampshire primary...1968年新罕布什尔州的初选
例:She won the Democratic primary...她在民主党的初选中获胜。
变形
pl:primaries~

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