形容词secondary
形容词
1. The primary meaning of the word isn\'t used now, but you can look it up in a big dictionary.
这个字的本义现在不用了，但你可以在大字典里查到。
2. A primary cause of Tom\'s failure is his laziness.
懒惰是汤姆失败的主要原因之一。
3. The historian searched for primary sources of information about the past.
历史学家寻找有关过去的原始资料来源。
4. A primary school is the first school you go to.
小学是你上的第一个学校。
1. 首要的；主要的
You use primary to describe something that is very important.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
2. （教育）初级的，初等的，小学的
Primary education is given to pupils between the ages of 5 and 11.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
3. 首先的；最早的；最初的
Primary is used to describe something that occurs first.
e.g. 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。
e.g. They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
他们被禁止对客户进行最初的投标。
4. （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.
e.g. ...the 1968 New Hampshire primary...
1968年新罕布什尔州的初选
e.g. She won the Democratic primary...
她在民主党的初选中获胜。
1. 首要的；主要的
You use primary to describe something that is very important.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
2. （教育）初级的，初等的，小学的
Primary education is given to pupils between the ages of 5 and 11.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
3. 首先的；最早的；最初的
Primary is used to describe something that occurs first.
e.g. 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。
e.g. They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
他们被禁止对客户进行最初的投标。
4. （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.
e.g. ...the 1968 New Hampshire primary...
1968年新罕布什尔州的初选
e.g. She won the Democratic primary...
她在民主党的初选中获胜。
