primary
美[ˈpraɪmeri] n.第一位；最好者；要素；候选人提拔会
网络原发性；主要；首要的；初步
1 . It is nearly always women who are the primary care givers.
从事初级保健护理工作的几乎都是女性。
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2 . 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。
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3 . 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。
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4 . He won the election because the Democrats self-destructed in their primary .
民主党在初选中自毁长城，所以才让他赢得了选举。
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5 . Mrs Steele was head of Didcot's C of E primary school.
斯蒂尔夫人曾是英国迪德科特圣公会小学的校长。
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1.a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
2.one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
3.coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit;
current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
4.of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand;
primary goals
5.not derived from or reducible to something else; basic;
a primary instinct
6.most important element;
the chief aim of living
7.of or being the essential or basic part;
an elementary need for love and nurturing
8.of primary importance;
basic truths