primary /ˈpraɪmərɪ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ You use primary to describe something that is very important. 首要的 [正式] [ADJ n]

  例：

  That's the primary reason the company's share price has held up so well.

  这就是那家公司的股票价格一直保持得这么好的首要原因。

  例：

  His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems.

  他对语言的误解是他其他问题的主要原因。

• 2. 

  ADJ Primary education is the first few years of formal education for children. 初级的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The content of primary education should be the same for everyone.

  初级教育的内容对每个人都应该是相同的。

  例：

  Ninety-nine percent of primary pupils now have hands-on experience of computers.

  99%的小学生如今都有电脑实际操作经验。

• 3. 

  ADJ Primary is used to describe something that occurs first. 最初的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body.

  致命的并不是原发肿瘤，而是在身体其他部位的继发。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT 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. Compare . (美国各州的) 初选

  例：

  ...the 1968 New Hampshire primary.

  …1968年新罕布什尔州的初选。