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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That happened last Wednesday, when moderate Tzipi Livni won a narrow victory in the Kadima party primaries.
  上星期三，温和派的利夫尼以些微的差距赢得了前进党的初选。
• 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。
• Both contenders are campaigning for delegates in the final three primaries between now and Tuesday.
  两位候选人都希望在下星期二前举行的最后三场初选中赢得更多代表人票。
• 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。
• Paul ran four years ago in the Republican primaries and also ran as the Libertarian Party candidate in1988.
  保罗四年前参加了共和党的党内初选，1988年作为自由党候选人参加了那年的总统选举。
• 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。