primaries
美 [?pra?m(?)ri] 
英 [?pra?m?ri]
- adj.主要的；最重要的；基本的；最初的
- n.（美國）初選
- 網絡初級飛羽；三原色；前翅
詞形變化
復數：primaries 反義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [ubn] 主要的；最重要的；基本的main; most important; basic |
| The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English. 這門課的主要目的是提高英語會話能力。 |
| Our primary concern must be the children. 我們首先要關心的必須是兒童。 |
| Good health care is of primary importance. 良好的醫療保健是重中之重。 |
2. | [ubn] 最初的；最早的developing or happening first; earliest |
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| The disease is still in its primary stage. 這病尚處于初始階段。 |
3. | [obn] 初等教育的；小學教育的connected with the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven |
1. | （美國）初選(in the US) an election in which people in a particular area vote to choose a candidate for a future important election |
| the Illinois primary 伊利諾伊州的初選 |
| the presidential primaries 總統候選人初選 |
英漢解釋
adj. | 1. 第一的,最初的,初級的;初等的;基本的;基層的 2. 原始的,根本的;原著的,第一手的;(顏色)原色的 5. 【化】伯的;連上一個碳原子的;(無機鹽)一代的 8. 【生】初生的;【地】原生的,原成的,結晶巖的,最下層的 |
n. | 7. 【動】鳥翼末節上的羽毛,初級飛羽;(昆蟲的)前翅 |
英英解釋
例句
Political experts said the issue of Reverend Wright appeared to have little effect on Senator Obama in last week's primaries.
政治分析家說，在最近幾周的預選中，賴特牧師問題對奧巴馬參議員沒有產生多少影響。
"We have seen a bit of a spike because of the primaries, " said Sarah Chambers about attendance at NYU's Republican Club.
錢伯斯（SarahChambers）在談到紐約院校共和黨俱樂部參與人數時說：“因為有初選，我們看到人數猛增。”
Many Americans would no doubt vote for her if she made it through the primaries.
無疑地，如果她在初選時能做到這些，很多美國人將為她投票。
It's disappointing that a review which purports to be so comprehensive is simply not up to speed on many major changes in primaries.
這是一份令人失望的審查。它看起來非常全面，但是根本沒有趕上初等教育的幾個大方面變化的步伐。
Some Americans object to the power of superdelegates to nominate a candidate who did not receive the most votes in primaries and caucuses.
有些美國選民反對超級代表擁有提名在初選或預選會議中未得到多數選票的候選人的權力。
To win the nomination, a candidate must appeal to the kind of hard-core Democrats who vote in primaries, who tend to be furiously anti-war.
為了贏得提名，候選人必須在預選抓住那些鐵桿民主黨人的心，那些民主黨人都強烈反戰。
This sort of sludge may or may not prove to be of some slight utility in the 2012 Republican primaries, but it is, increasingly, history.
這樣的泥潭或許在2012年的共和黨初選上有什么效用，但是這卻是正進行的歷史。
The turnout in primaries is tiny, typically only between 10% and 20% of voters, and tends to be disproportionately composed of activists.
參加初選的人數往往非常少，一般來說在選民總數的10%到20%之間，其中熱衷政治活動的人數比例相應會很高。
Open "primaries" , in which mayoral candidates would be selected by the public, have been dropped as too expensive.
開放的“初選”，市長候選人直接由公眾選出，由于成本太高而放棄。
During the primaries he threatened to pull out of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) unless it was renegotiated.
在初選中他還威脅如果不重新談判就推出北美自由貿易協定。
By 1936, only a dozen states continued to hold presidential primaries.
到1936年，只有十來個州繼續舉行總統初選。
Though he electrified the party convention, Mr Carter trounced him in the primaries before being crushed by Ronald Reagan.
雖然他給民主黨黨代會帶來了激情，卡特先生在初選中依然大敗肯尼迪，隨后自己又被羅納德?里根擊垮。
But at least the New Hampshire Primaries together with the Iowa Caucuses tell how well candidates are doing with grassroots Americans.
然而新罕普什爾州初選和愛奧華州政黨基層會議至少說明了侯選人在基層美國人中有多少威信。
For decades states have been moving their primaries earlier and earlier in election year in an effort to have more impact on the race.
數十年來，每逢選舉年各州都將初選日期逐漸提前，試圖以此擴大本州對大選的影響力。
If he does well in the primaries, he could force the rest of the field to adopt a more anti-war stance.
如果他在黨內初選中表現出色，他可能迫使其他競爭者采取更反戰的立場。
If social conservatives were to coalesce around Mr Huckabee, that would throw the Republican primaries into utter confusion.
如果社會保守派聚集到Huckabee先生周圍，這將使共和黨的初選陷入極大的混亂。
In 1976, as a young governor, Jerry entered the late primaries and won several of them in a last-minute effort to stop Jimmy Carter.
1976年，為了阻止吉米.卡特入主白宮，共和黨盡最后的努力，杰里作為年輕的州長參加了后期的初選，他在幾個州獲得了勝利。
Democratic congressional leaders are hoping for a quick resolution of the Democratic nomination contest after Tuesday's primaries.
民主黨國會領袖希望下星期二初選結束后，黨內的總統提名之爭能夠盡快落幕。
And with the primaries over, the opposition candidates are now banned from forming alliances.
同時在第一輪選舉階段，反對派候選人現在被禁止結盟。
Senator Obama and his supporters are looking over the results here in South Carolina and honing their strategy for the upcoming primaries.
參議員奧巴馬和他的支持者們現在正在檢查在南卡羅來納州的投票結果，同時也在為接下來的黨內總統候選人預選制定策略。
The Republican sweeps at the approaching primaries.
共和黨在即將舉行的預選中大獲全勝。
Ms. Aubry had said she wouldn't present herself for the primaries if it was clear Mr. Strauss-Kahn was better positioned.
奧布里曾說，如果卡恩明顯比她處于更有利的位置，她將不會參加黨內初選。
One of the great things about American politics is that the early primaries and Iowa caucus are retail politics.
美國政治最偉大的地方在于早期初選和愛荷華州初選都是零售政治。
Candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential election nomination have picked that theme up as they campaign ahead of the primaries.
參與競爭民主黨總統候選人資格的人士在選戰中紛紛將自由貿易和全球化問題拿來說事。
Tea-party types love her and carried her to victory in the primaries.
她成為茶葉黨的寵兒并幫助她在初選中取勝。
They therefore competed mainly in the primaries, as opposed to the general election, against rivals in their own party.
因此他們的競爭的焦點是初選，而且與大選不同，對手來自本黨派。
Plus, there is still nearly a year to go before the primaries.
另外，離初選還有差不多一年的時間。
With January's primaries just around the corner, Mr Romney is ahead in New Hampshire by a more than 2: 1 margin.
明年1月的初選迫在眉睫，羅姆尼在新罕布什爾州以超過2比1的比率領先。
Meanwhile, after the primaries, McCain began to take a beating.
而同時，在總統預選后，麥凱恩則受到了媒體的打擊。
Varying the intensity of these primaries creates the illusion, from a distance, of the intended hue.
將這些原色的強度進行區別就在一定距離下產生出意想光澤的錯覺。
Just over the state line Mississippians also voted for challengers in primaries for each of the state's four congressional districts.
隔壁州的密西西比人民也在為該州四個國會區的初選候選人投票。
Once we get into next year, though, you're also going to hear a lot about primaries and caucuses.
一旦進入2012年，你也將會聽到許多關于總統預選和基層黨團會議初選的消息。
Achromatic lens: A lens which refracts light of most colours equally, i. e. corrected for blue and green light of the primaries.
消色差透鏡：能夠把大多數色光作等量折射的透鏡。是消除三原色里的藍光和綠光的色差。
It has been an honor to contest these primaries with him.
我一直感到很榮幸和他一起經歷了這些初選。
After a tough victory in the primaries, Bush ran in the general election against Democratic State Senator Kent Hance.
初選艱難勝出后，布什在大選中與民主黨人、州參議員肯特？漢斯展開角逐。
Of the states still to hold primaries, North Carolina is the biggest prize and currently, Obama is in the lead.
在尚未進行初選的州里頭，北卡羅來納州擁有的黨代表票數最多，目前奧巴馬處于領先地位。
The Wolf in the green growl, Spit it of poultry feast The colour profusion color primaries: And I also in empty wolves from consumption.
狼在綠葉叢下嗥叫，吐出它飽餐家禽的五色繽紛的彩羽：和狼一樣我也在空自消耗。
But it is the primaries that matter, and there Mr Edwards must hope for one of the others to stumble.
當然，終究只有初選才算數。愛德華茲先生也只能指望其他候選人遭羈挨絆。
US Republican White House contender Mitt Romney has pulled off a double win in the Michigan and Arizona primaries.
美國共和黨白宮競選人米特羅姆尼在密歇根州和亞利桑那州的總統預選中獲雙勝。
Closed primaries are restricted to voters registered as a member of the party holding the election.
封閉式預選只限于作為黨員登記的選民舉行選舉。
Up to 80 teachers of the UK's brightest graduates will be placed in primaries this year, Teach First says.
80名英國最聰明的大學畢業生今年將被安排至小學，以教為先透露。
