primaries

英 [ˈpraɪməriz]

美 [ˈpraɪˌmɛriz]

n.  (美国)初选
primary的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 首要的；主要的
  You useprimaryto describe something that is very important.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems...
     他对语言的误解是引起其他问题的主要原因。
  4. The family continues to be the primary source of care and comfort for people as they grow older.
     随着年龄的增长，家庭仍然是人们获得关爱和安慰的主要源泉。
• ADJ （教育）初级的，初等的，小学的
  Primaryeducation is given to pupils between the ages of 5 and 11.
  1. 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。
  2. 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. ...primary teachers.
     小学教师

in AM, use 美国英语用 elementary


• ADJ 首先的；最早的；最初的
  Primaryis used to describe something that occurs first.
  1. 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。
  2. They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
     他们被禁止对客户进行最初的投标。
• N-COUNT （美国）初选，预选
  Aprimaryor aprimary electionis an election in an American state in which people vote for someone to become a candidate for a political office.
  1. ...the 1968 New Hampshire primary...
     1968年新罕布什尔州的初选
  2. She won the Democratic primary...
     她在民主党的初选中获胜。
  3. New York holds its primary election on Tuesday.
     纽约州将在星期二举行预选。

双语例句

• Speaking to CBS News, she said the victory would give her momentum for the next primaries, and explained why she believes more voters chose her.
  她对哥伦比亚广播公司说，这次胜利会在后面的初选中给她带来获胜的势头。克林顿解释了为什么她认为更多的选民会选择她。
• It has its party machines, but groups that organise hard can use the primaries to prise them open.
  美国有自己的政党机制，但努力组织的团体可以利用党内初选把这些机制撬开。
• Closed primaries strengthen party unity.
  内部选举加强了政党的团结。
• The subtractive primaries are cyan, magenta, and yellow;
  减色法三原色是青绿色、品红和黄色；
• We now need a step change in our secondary schools to match that achieved in our primaries.
  我们现在需要大力改革中学，以便与我们在小学里所取得的成果同步。
• There is talk of challenging Obama in the 2012 primaries.
  还有人说要在2012年党内初选时挑战奥巴马。
• Republican contender John McCain has also been campaigning in Ohio and Texas in advance of Tuesday's primaries.
  共和党参选人麦凯恩也在星期二的两场初选前在俄亥俄州和德克萨斯州展开竞选活动。
• Additive colour mixing: The mixing of additive primaries to match a specific colour.
  加法混色：混和加色法原色，使它与某一指定颜色相似。
• But McCain told reporters Friday that he voted for the president in2000 and worked hard to get him elected despite the fact they were opponents in the Republican primaries that year.
  但是，麦凯恩周五对记者说，尽管他们在当年的共和党的初选中曾是竞争对手，他在2000年投票给布什总统，而且全力为他竞选。
• If all the States advance their primaries, America might as well just have a single national primary.
  要是所有州都提前初选，美国倒不如进行全国初选，一次了事。