| 单词 | primary |
| 释义 | primary /praɪməri; name -meri/ adjective [usually before noun] 1.main; most important 主要的；最重要的◆their primary business is life insurance. 他们的主要业务是人寿保险。◆our primary target is 20- to 35- year-olds. 我们的主要目标是 20 岁－ 35 岁的人。 syn prime 2.used to describe sth that is not caused by or based on sth else 最初的；原始的◆the use of primary source materials 第一手材料的使用 (finance 金融) relating to shares, bonds, etc. that are being sold for the first time 初级的，一级的（有关初次出售的股票、债券等）◆the primary bond market came back to life on tuesday after a very quiet month. 初级债券市场在沉寂了一个月之后于星期二又恢复了生气。 ➡ secondary ☞ primaryprimary /praɪməri; name praɪmeri/ [usually before noun] (formal or technical术语) developing or happening first; earliest最初的；最早的◆the disease is still in its primary stage.这病尚处于初始阶段。◆it is not self-evident what the primary causes of this phenomenon are.这种现象最初的原因是什么，并非显而易见。 ➡ see also primary → main primary [usually before noun] (rather formal) prime最重要的；主要的；首要的◆the primary aim of this class is to improve your spoken english.这门课的主要目的是提高英语会话能力。◆our primary concern must be the children.我们首要关心的必须是儿童。▸ primarily adverb◆in the 1790s britain was still primarily an agricultural country.18 世纪 90 年代，英国基本上还是个农业国。◆history is after all primarily about people.历史毕竟主要还是人的历史。note 辨析 prime or primary?in many cases you can use either word.在许多情况下这两个词可以通用◆your prime / primary concern / purpose / aim / object / objective / task你最关心的事；你的首要目的／目标／宗旨／目标／任务◆to be of prime / primary importance最重要however, prime is used in some fixed collocations where primary cannot be used.不过，在某些固定搭配中只能用 prime，不能用 primary◆the prime attraction / contender / suspect主要的景点／竞争者／怀疑对象◆the primary attraction/contender/suspect primary also has the related meaning of 'earliest' or 'first'. * primary 还有一个相关义项，即“最初的、最早的”。 ➡ see also primary → firstprimary¹/ˈpraɪməri; us -merɪ ||; ˈpraɪˌmɛrɪ/adj1. most important; main 最重要的；首要的；主要的: ◇smoking is one of the primary causes of lung cancer. 吸烟是引起肺癌的主要原因之一。 2. connected with the education of children between about five and eleven years old 与五至十一岁的儿童教育有关的；初等教育的；小学的: ◇their children are at primary school. 他们的孩子在上小学。 primary²/ˈpraɪməri; us -merɪ ||; ˈpraɪˌmɛrɪ/(also primary eˈlection) noun [c] (plural primaries) (us 美) an election in which people from a particular area vote to choose a candidate (= a person who will represent the party) for a future important election 初选（政党通过初选选出党内候选人参与重要公职选举）primarysee ⇨ main 1☞ primary¹☞ primary² |
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