primary

chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary

名词 primary:

1. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
   同义词：primary election
2. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
   同义词：primary feather, primary quill
3. coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
   同义词：primary coil, primary winding

形容词 primary:

1. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand
2. not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
3. most important element
   同义词：chief, main, principal
4. of or being the essential or basic part
   同义词：elementary, elemental
5. of primary importance
   同义词：basal

1. The demand for primary products is on the increase in European market.
   欧洲市场对初级产品的需求在增长。
2. He only accepted the primary education off and on in his childhood.
   他小时候只断断续续地接受过初等教育。
3. Primary education comes under the umbrella of local government.
   小学教育受地方政府的保护。
4. The little boy left primary school at eleven.
   这个小男孩十一岁时小学毕业。
5. The disease is still in its primary stage.
   这疾病仍然在初发阶段。
6. Love and hatred are primary emotions.
   爱和恨是基本的情感。

pri.mar.y

adj.Abbr. prim.（形容词）缩写 prim.
First or highest in rank, quality, or importance; principal.
首要的，主要的：在阶层，质量或重要性上处于首要的或最高的；主要的
Being or standing first in a list, series, or sequence.
首先的：在名单，系列或排序上处在首位的
Occurring first in time or sequence; earliest.
最早的：在时间和次序上首次出现的；最早的
Being or existing as the first or earliest of a kind; primitive.
原始的：某一种类第一或最早存在或出现的；最初的
Geology Characteristic of or existing in a rock at the time of its formation.
【地质学】 原生的：岩石成形时期的特点的或在该时期存在的
Serving as or being an essential component, as of a system; basic.See Synonyms at chief
主要的，基本的：作为主要成分的，如一个系统的主要成分的；基本的参见 chief

Immediate; direct:
立即的；直接的：
例句：
a primary effect; a primary information source.
立即效应；第一手材料来源

Preliminary to a later stage in a continuing process:
初级的：在持续的过程中为后来的阶段预备的：
例句：
primary training.
初步训练

Of or relating to a primary school:
初级学校的：和小学有关的，小学的：
例句：
the primary grades.
小学一至三年级

Color Of or relating to a primary color or colors.
【色彩】 原色的：与一种或几种基本颜色有关的
Linguistics
【语言学】
Having a word root or other linguistic element as a basis that cannot be further analyzed or broken down. Used of the derivation of a word or word element.
具有不可分的语根的：具有不能再分析或分解的词根或其他语素的用于词或词素的派生
Referring to present or future time. Used as a collective designation for various present and future verb tenses in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit.
现在时的：指现在或将来的用于指拉丁语，希腊语和梵语中各种现在或将来动词时态的总称
Electronics Of, relating to, or constituting an inducting current, circuit, or coil.
【电子学】 原线圈的：线圈，电路或电流的；和线圈、电路、电流有关的；组成线圈，电路或电流的
Of, relating to, or designating the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird`s wing.
初级飞羽的：关于在鸟翼外边缘突出的主要飞行羽毛的或指主要飞行羽毛的
Of or relating to agriculture, forestry, the industries that extract natural materials from the earth, or the products so obtained:
天然的：与农业，森林业或其他从地球表面提取原料的工业有关的或用这种方式得到的产品的：
例句：
a primary commodity.
天然商品

Chemistry
【化学】
Relating to the replacement of one of several atoms or radicals in a compound by another atom or radical.
连上一个碳原子的：用另外一个原子或原子团来替代混合物中某一原子或原子团的过程的或与此有关的
Having a carbon atom attached solely to one other carbon atom in a molecule.
一代的：分子一个碳原子点和另外一个碳原子相连的
Biochemistry Of, relating to, or being the sequence of amino acids in a protein.
【生物化学】 原发性的：蛋白质中胺酸排列的或与蛋白质中胺酸排列有关的
Botany Of, relating to, or being growth or tissue derived solely from apical meristems present in the embryo:
【植物学】 初生的：仅在胚胎中存在的顶端分生组织中的生长或组织的或与这种生长或组织有关的：
例句：
primary meristem; primary xylem.
初生分生组织；初生木质部

n.（名词）
【复数】 pri.mar.ies

One that is first in time, order, or sequence.
第一位：时间，顺序或次序上处于第一事物
One that is first or best in degree, quality, or importance.
最好者：程度，质量或重要性方面居首位或最好的事物
One that is fundamental, basic, or elemental.
要素：根本的，基本的或必要的人

A meeting of the registered voters of a political party for the purpose of nominating candidates and for choosing delegates to their party convention.
候选人提拔会：某一政党已登记的选民为提名候选人及为选择政党会议代表而举行的会议
A preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office.
初选：某一政党已登记的选民提名参加公职竞选候选人的初选
Color A primary color.
【色彩】 原色，基色
One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird`s wing.
初级飞羽：鸟翅膀外边缘突出的主要飞羽
Electronics An inducting current, circuit, or coil.
【电子学】 初级线圈：感应电流，电路或线圈
Astronomy
【天文学】
A celestial body, especially a star, relative to other bodies in orbit around it.
恒星：在轨道上圈绕其相对其他天体的天体，尤指恒星
The brighter of two stars that make up a double star.
双星中较亮的一颗：组成两颗双星中的较亮的一颗

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin prom3rius [chief]
源自 拉丁语 prom3rius [主要的]
from promus [first] * see per
源自 promus [首要的] *参见 per