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

• Clinton has questioned whether Obama is ready to serve as president and commander in chief, and that line of attack may have helped her win last week's primaries in Texas and Ohio.
  克林顿质疑奥巴马是否胜任总统和三军统帅，这些攻击可能帮助了她上星期赢得德克萨斯和俄亥俄州的初选。
• 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。
• Properly combined, the subtractive primaries can absorb all colors of light, producing black.
  适当组合时，减色法三原色能吸收光线中的所有色彩，产生黑色。
• Winning those primaries, winning those delegates: That's important, because if you win enough of them, you can secure your party's nomination.
  赢得了预选就赢得了代表的支持：那是很重要的，因为如果你赢得了足够的代表支持，就能保证赢得党内提名。
• Many experts now expect more superdelegates will flock to Obama in the wake of Tuesday's primaries.
  许多专家认为，在星期二的胜利后，更多的超级代表就会趋之若骛，支持奥巴马。
• Neither Obama nor Clinton can win enough delegates in the remaining primaries or caucuses to secure the nomination outright, so both candidates are making a play for their support.
  在剩下的初选和基层党团会议推选中，奥巴马和希拉里.克林顿都不可能拿到确保获得总统候选人提名的代表人票数，因此他们都在努力争取超级代表的支持。
• Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani lost out to John McCain in the Republican primaries this year, but Giuliani is now going after Obama as one of McCain's main surrogate campaigners.
  前纽约市长朱利亚尼在今年的共和党初选中败给了麦凯恩，而他现在成了麦凯恩选举班子的代理活动家，经常攻击奥巴马。
• The subtractive primaries are cyan, magenta, and yellow;
  减色法三原色是青绿色、品红和黄色；
• 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。
• 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。