primary

英[ˈpraɪməri]
美[ˈpraɪmeri]

基本释义

adj.
首要的; 初级的; 初等教育的
n.
初选

词性变化

实用例句

The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English.

这门课的主要目的是提高英语会话能力。

牛津词典

Our primary concern must be the children.

我们首先要关心的必须是儿童。

牛津词典

Good health care is of primary importance.

良好的医疗保健是重中之重。

牛津词典

primary causes

最初的原因

牛津词典

The disease is still in its primary stage.

这病尚处于初始阶段。

牛津词典

primary teachers

小学教师

牛津词典

the Illinois primary

伊利诺伊州的初选

牛津词典

the presidential primaries

总统候选人初选

牛津词典

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。

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。

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。

...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。

How many boys and girls are there in your class?

你班有多少男生和女生?

期刊摘选

First of all we should make primary education universal.

首先我们应普及初等教育.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The primary task of the chair is to ensure the meeting runs smoothly.

主席的首要任务是确保会议顺利进行.

《简明英汉词典》

This is the primary impetus behind the economic recovery.

这是促使经济复苏的主要动力.

《简明英汉词典》

People have no letters at the primary stage of civilization.

在文明的初期,人类是没有文字的.

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Intake in state primary schools is down by 10 %.

公立小学入学人数下降了10%.

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A distinction should be made between the primary and secondary tasks.

要区别主要的和次要的任务.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

真题例句

"It's an important, cautionary note that we shouldn't get too carried away with the idea that a computer system can replace doctors and therapists," says Christopher Dowrick, a professor of primary medical care at the University of liverpool.

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Mike Ellicock,chief executive of National Numeracy said we want to challenge this "I can't do maths" attitude that is prevalent in the UK, adding that it was vital that all primary school teachers understand key maths concepts as young children who fail t

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

My primary concern is: How can I soften or civilize this message?

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

The article cites the global giant Procter and Gamble as an example, saying a real innovative company should develop an innovation culture and use it as a primary tool for success.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

The study looked at computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and found that it was no more effective in treating depression than the usual care patients receive from a primary care doctor.

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Fossil fuels remain the major source of primary energy consumption in today's world.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

For example, the United Arab Emirates has endorsed an ambitious target to draw 24% of its primary energy consumption from renewable sources by 2021.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Irrigation is the primary agricultural use of human waste in the developing world.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Its primary mission is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic needs of all people, with the particular focus on those who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

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

And, if you’re not sure, in is always a good idea to check with your primary care provider.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

For almost all white-collar jobs, email is the primary tool of corporate communication.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

So they get involved by looking at advertising and really critically assessing the consumer behaviour aspects of it and getting involved sometimes doing primary research.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system— doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness — is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

From the governments' point of view, a primary goal of laws requiring extended producer responsibility is to transfer both the cost and the physical responsibility of waste management from the government and tax-payers back to the producers.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Most of my reading through primary, middle and high school was factual reading.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

She said: " children are using social media with family and friends and to play games when they are in primary school.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Silk had become one of the primary goods traded along the silk Road by about 100 BC.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 单项选择 原文

What the people wanted was a government which would provide a comfortable life for them; and with this as the primary object, ideas of freedom and self-reliance and responsibility were neglected to the point of disappearing.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The U.workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of primary cause of the poor U.economic performance.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

Researchers in the late 1960 covered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally and innovatively.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

The growth of the use of English as the world`s primary language for international communication has obviously been continuing for several decades.

出自-2017年考研翻译原文

Alongside that,many countries are introducing English into the primary-school curriculum but British schoolchildren and students do not appear to be gaining greater encouragement to achieve fluency in other languages.

出自-2017年考研翻译原文

It's just that individual actions are too slow, she says, for that to be the only, or even primary, approach to changing widespread behavior.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Requiring companies to make gender the primary qualification for board membership will inevitably lead to less experienced private sector boards.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally and innovatively.

2009年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved.

2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

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"

同义词辨析

chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary

这些形容词均含有"首要的,主要的"之意。

  • 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。

elementary, elemental, primary

这些形容词均含有"基本的"之意。

  • 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。

反义词

adj.首要的;基本的

secondary

其他释义

secondary