primary

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ You use primary to describe something that is very important. 首要的[正式] [ADJ n]
That's the primary reason the company's share price has held up so well. 這就是那家公司的股票價格一直保持得這麼好的首要原因。
His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems. 他對語言的誤解是他其他問題的主要原因。
2. ADJ Primary education is the first few years of formal education for children. 初級的[ADJ n]
The content of primary education should be the same for everyone. 初級教育的內(nèi)容對每個人都應(yīng)該是相同的。
Ninety-nine percent of primary pupils now have hands-on experience of computers. 99%的小學(xué)生如今都有電腦實際操作經(jīng)騐。
3. ADJ Primary is used to describe something that occurs first. 最初的[ADJ n]
It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body. 致命的竝不是原發(fā)腫瘤，而是在身躰其他部位的繼發(fā)。
4. N-COUNT A primary or a primary election is an election in an American state in which people vote for someone to become a candidate for a political office. Compare . (美國各州的) 初選
...the 1968 New Hampshire primary. …1968年新罕佈什爾州的初選。

Her primary purpose in suing the newspaper for libel was to clear her name .
Ozone is the earth's primary filter for ultraviolet radiation .
The money I earn is extra , my husband's job is our primary source of income .
The course's primary aim is to improve students ' proficiency in oral Spanish .
Although the issues you raise are important , they are not really our primary concern .