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Principal Adj C.1300 Main French Prinsəp(ə)L A.主要的,重要的 考

单词 principal
音标 ['prinsəp(ə)l]
解释 a.主要的,重要的
红宝书 【考】 反义词:subordinate (次要的)
字源 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 (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.
不择手段背单词 n. 负责人; 校长; adj (在重要性, 地位, 价值或程度上)主要的
【记】源于: prim(adj 最早的, 最好的)
【区】principle(n 法则; 原则)
【反】subordinate(adj 次要的)
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