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

• On Wednesday, his Kadima party began the process for primaries to replace him.
  星期三，奥尔默特所在的前进党开始了党内初选程序，推选接替他的人选。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 are restricted to voters registered as a member of the party holding the election.
  封闭式预选只限于作为党员登记的选民举行选举。
• Dodd endorsed Obama at a news conference in Cleveland where Obama is campaigning one week before crucial primaries in Ohio and Texas that could be decisive in the battle for the party nomination.
  多德在克利夫兰的一个新闻发布会上宣布支持奥巴马。奥巴马正在克利夫兰进行竞选活动，一周以后，俄亥俄州和德克萨斯州将举行重要的初选，这些初选对两党参选人的竞争可能具有决定性意义。
• Lieberman said he had planned to wait until after the primaries to offer his support for the presidential hopeful.
  但列波曼说他计划等到在初选后再去支持这位有希望的总统侯选人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。