| 词汇 | primary |
| 释义 | primary adjective uk /ˈpraɪ.mər.i/ us /ˈpraɪ.mer.i/ primaryadjective (MAIN)B2 more important than anything else; main: 首要的；主要的 The Red Cross's primary concern is to preserve and protect human life.红十字会最关心的是维护人的生命安全。 The primary responsibility lies with those who break the law.主要的责任在于那些违法者。 Her primary purpose in suing the newspaper for libel was to clear her name. Ozone is the earth's primary filter for ultraviolet radiation.臭氧层是地球上阻挡紫外线辐射的主要屏障。 The money I earn is extra, my husband's job is our primary source of income. The course's primary aim is to improve students' proficiency in oral Spanish. Although the issues you raise are important, they are not really our primary concern. Very important or urgent all-important at all costsidiom be a matter of life and/or deathidiom cardinally chief imperative last last but not leastidiom leading life-altering life-and-death overriding primacy prime principally prior prized seminal tectonic weighty primaryadjective (EDUCATION)B1[ before noun ] of or for the teaching of young children, especially those between five and eleven years old: 初等教育的，小学的 primary education初等教育 a primary school小学 Schools in general admission assembly bailey blackboard blackboard jungle break something up bursar classroom infant interschool intramural ivory tower jolly hockey sticksidiom language laboratory reception schoolchild schoolgirl seat of learningidiom sixth form staffroom primaryadjective (EARLIEST)happening first: 最初的，起源的，原始的 the primary stages of development发展的最初阶段 First and firstly advance guard at first blushidiom at firstidiom begin blush debut former from the word goidiom front end in the first/second placeidiom inaugural initial maiden original originally prefatory proto- prototypical starter word primary noun[ C ] uk /ˈpraɪ.mə.ri/ us /ˈpraɪ.mer.i/ in the US, an election in which people choose who will represent a particular party in an election for political office（美国推举党内候选人的）初选 closed primary a primary in which only voters who are members of a political party can vote for the candidates from that party in order to choose who will represent the party in a later election: 封闭式初选（只有该党成员可以进行投票选出代表本党的候选人的投票方式） They won't give up on their demand for a closed primary election. open primary a primary in which everyone who is allowed to vote can choose either party's ballot (= list of candidates) in order to vote for a candidate to represent that party at a later election: 开放式初选（任何人都可以进行投票选出代表某党的候选人的投票方式） In an open primary, you can vote for a candidate from either party. Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting enfranchisement entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting psephologist voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop primary | American Dictionaryprimary adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈprɑɪ·mer·i, -mə·ri/ primaryadjective[not gradable] (MOST IMPORTANT)more important than anything else; main: The primary goal of the space flight was to recover a satellite. primaryadjective[not gradable] (IN EDUCATION)relating to the first part of a child’s education: the primary grades primaryadjective[not gradable] (EARLIEST)happening first: the primary stages of development primary noun[ C ] us/ˈprɑɪ·mer·i, -mə·ri/ primarynoun[C] (ELECTION)politics & government an election in which people who belong to a political party choose who will represent that party in an election for political office primary | Business Englishprimary adjective uk /ˈpraɪməri/ us /ˈpraɪmeri/ more important than anything else: primary concern/consideration/focusWhen oil prices started to rise sharply, the primary concern of financial markets was the possibility of inflation. Newspapers have been the primary source of news for many people for many years. The CEO has primary responsibility for making day-to-day investment decisions for each fund. primary goal/objective/purpose FINANCE, STOCK MARKET used to describe shares, bonds, etc. at the time they are first made available, rather than when they are traded later: A combination of factors point to a rise in primary trading that will provide lucrative opportunities for new bond dealers. Compare secondary Examples of primaryprimary In the end it seems that primaries draw candidates outwards in ways that most general elections cannot entirely reverse. In the primaries that followed it is difficult to disentangle the race issue from other local issues. Thus, in recent years, most candidates exit the presidential contests prior to the conclusion of the presidential primaries. A number of candidates quickly leave the contest as they fail to win in the early primaries. The net effect of all of these revisions on the specification of optimal primaries is small (440 and 488 nm). Based on the above arguments we conclude that the weakening of party competitiveness cannot be blamed on primaries. In terms of institution building within the party, the open primaries of all registered voters are not recognised as a nomination method in the statutes. The joint effects of unequal competition, the centrifugal pull of primaries and costly movement ensure that 'moderate extremism' is the norm. They argue, counterintuitively, that the space between candidates is actually smaller when primaries are competitive. The first of the structural variables measures the use of proportional representational rules in the presidential primaries. However, those opposing primaries feel that the malpractices of 1989 are ample proof of their drawbacks. State parties were thus free to oversee their primaries, conventions, and delegate selection. There are numerous reasons given for opposing party primaries. In 1993 feminists complained that potential women candidates were forced to compete against each other in primaries in the same electoral districts. By the process called regularization, the singularities due to the collision of the satellite with the primaries can be removed. See all examples of primary These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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