• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 同义词
  • 反义词
  • 同义词解析
  • 六级真题
  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英汉词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
  • 行业词典释义
例句
同义词
反义词
  • adj.
    primary的反义词之:首要的;基本的
    secondary,
  • primary的反义词之:其他释义
    secondary,
同义词解析
  • 以下这些形容词均含有"首要的,主要的" 的意思
    chief指人时,表同类中职位最高,权力最大;指物时,表同类中最重要,价值最高。
    principal用于人时,指地位优于其他人;用于物时,指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
    main通常只用于物。指在一定范围内,某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
    major指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较,显得更加重要和突出。
    leading侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
    capital着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
    foremost侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
    primary通常不用于人。用于物时,指在重要性方面占第一位。
  • 以下这些形容词均含有"基本的" 的意思
    elementary指属于事物的初步或起始阶段
    elemental强调属于事物的基础或本质。
    primary可与作"初步的,初级"的elementary换用。
英语六级真题
    As American research universities begin to resemble profit centers and entertainment complexes, it's easy to lose sight of their primary mission; to produce and spread knowledge.
    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
    First, they have questioned whether the primary responsibility for digitally archiving the world's books should be allowed to fall to a commercial company.
    出自-2011年12月阅读原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • ADJ
    首要的;主要的
    You use primary to describe something that is very important.
    例句
    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。
  • 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.
    例句
    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。
  • ADJ
    首先的;最早的;最初的
    Primary is used to describe something that occurs first.
    例句
    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。
  • 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.
    例句
    ...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。
英汉词典释义
  • adj.
    首要的; 主要的; 基本的
    The primary cause of Tom's failure is his laziness. 汤姆失败的根本原因是懒惰。
    最初的; 初级的
    People have no letters at the primary stage of civilization. 在文明的初期, 人类是没有文字的。
  • n.
    党内初选
    Before a primary the candidates inside the party fight hard against each other. But later they usually paper over their disagreements to help the party in the general election. 他说:初选前,党内候选人竞相角逐、打得不可开交,但是事后他们一般会掩饰分歧,以协助本党取得大选胜利。
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
    2. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
    3. coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit;
    "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"
  • Adjective
    1. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand;
    "primary goals""a primary effect""primary sources""a primary interest"
    2. not derived from or reducible to something else; basic;
    "a primary instinct"
    3. most important element;
    "the chief aim of living""the main doors were of solid glass""the principal rivers of America""the principal example""policemen were primary targets"
    4. of or being the essential or basic part;
    "an elementary need for love and nurturing"
    5. of primary importance;
    "basic truths"
行业词典
  • 体育: 最初的;
    医学: 初期的,初级的,原发的:在发生发展的顺序或时间上为第一位的;主要的;