primaries
美 [ˈpraɪm(ə)ri] 
英 [ˈpraɪməri]
- adj.主要的；最重要的；基本的；最初的
- n.（美国）初选
- 网络初级飞羽；三原色；前翅
词形变化
复数：primaries 反义词
英汉双解
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. 这门课的主要目的是提高英语会话能力。 |
| Our primary concern must be the children. 我们首先要关心的必须是儿童。 |
| Good health care is of primary importance. 良好的医疗保健是重中之重。 |
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. 这病尚处于初始阶段。 |
3. | [obn] 初等教育的；小学教育的connected with the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven |
1. | （美国）初选(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 伊利诺伊州的初选 |
| the presidential primaries 总统候选人初选 |
英汉解释
adj. | 1. 第一的,最初的,初级的;初等的;基本的;基层的 2. 原始的,根本的;原著的,第一手的;(颜色)原色的 5. 【化】伯的;连上一个碳原子的;(无机盐)一代的 8. 【生】初生的;【地】原生的,原成的,结晶岩的,最下层的 |
n. | 7. 【动】鸟翼末节上的羽毛,初级飞羽;(昆虫的)前翅 |
英英解释
例句
Political experts said the issue of Reverend Wright appeared to have little effect on Senator Obama in last week's primaries.
政治分析家说，在最近几周的预选中，赖特牧师问题对奥巴马参议员没有产生多少影响。
"We have seen a bit of a spike because of the primaries, " said Sarah Chambers about attendance at NYU's Republican Club.
钱伯斯（SarahChambers）在谈到纽约院校共和党俱乐部参与人数时说：“因为有初选，我们看到人数猛增。”
Many Americans would no doubt vote for her if she made it through the primaries.
无疑地，如果她在初选时能做到这些，很多美国人将为她投票。
It's disappointing that a review which purports to be so comprehensive is simply not up to speed on many major changes in primaries.
这是一份令人失望的审查。它看起来非常全面，但是根本没有赶上初等教育的几个大方面变化的步伐。
Some Americans object to the power of superdelegates to nominate a candidate who did not receive the most votes in primaries and caucuses.
有些美国选民反对超级代表拥有提名在初选或预选会议中未得到多数选票的候选人的权力。
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.
为了赢得提名，候选人必须在预选抓住那些铁杆民主党人的心，那些民主党人都强烈反战。
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.
这样的泥潭或许在2012年的共和党初选上有什么效用，但是这却是正进行的历史。
The turnout in primaries is tiny, typically only between 10% and 20% of voters, and tends to be disproportionately composed of activists.
参加初选的人数往往非常少，一般来说在选民总数的10%到20%之间，其中热衷政治活动的人数比例相应会很高。
Open "primaries" , in which mayoral candidates would be selected by the public, have been dropped as too expensive.
开放的“初选”，市长候选人直接由公众选出，由于成本太高而放弃。
During the primaries he threatened to pull out of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) unless it was renegotiated.
在初选中他还威胁如果不重新谈判就推出北美自由贸易协定。
By 1936, only a dozen states continued to hold presidential primaries.
到1936年，只有十来个州继续举行总统初选。
Though he electrified the party convention, Mr Carter trounced him in the primaries before being crushed by Ronald Reagan.
虽然他给民主党党代会带来了激情，卡特先生在初选中依然大败肯尼迪，随后自己又被罗纳德•里根击垮。
But at least the New Hampshire Primaries together with the Iowa Caucuses tell how well candidates are doing with grassroots Americans.
然而新罕普什尔州初选和爱奥华州政党基层会议至少说明了侯选人在基层美国人中有多少威信。
For decades states have been moving their primaries earlier and earlier in election year in an effort to have more impact on the race.
数十年来，每逢选举年各州都将初选日期逐渐提前，试图以此扩大本州对大选的影响力。
If he does well in the primaries, he could force the rest of the field to adopt a more anti-war stance.
如果他在党内初选中表现出色，他可能迫使其他竞争者采取更反战的立场。
If social conservatives were to coalesce around Mr Huckabee, that would throw the Republican primaries into utter confusion.
如果社会保守派聚集到Huckabee先生周围，这将使共和党的初选陷入极大的混乱。
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，为了阻止吉米.卡特入主白宫，共和党尽最后的努力，杰里作为年轻的州长参加了后期的初选，他在几个州获得了胜利。
Democratic congressional leaders are hoping for a quick resolution of the Democratic nomination contest after Tuesday's primaries.
民主党国会领袖希望下星期二初选结束后，党内的总统提名之争能够尽快落幕。
And with the primaries over, the opposition candidates are now banned from forming alliances.
同时在第一轮选举阶段，反对派候选人现在被禁止结盟。
Senator Obama and his supporters are looking over the results here in South Carolina and honing their strategy for the upcoming primaries.
参议员奥巴马和他的支持者们现在正在检查在南卡罗来纳州的投票结果，同时也在为接下来的党内总统候选人预选制定策略。
The Republican sweeps at the approaching primaries.
共和党在即将举行的预选中大获全胜。
Ms. Aubry had said she wouldn't present herself for the primaries if it was clear Mr. Strauss-Kahn was better positioned.
奥布里曾说，如果卡恩明显比她处于更有利的位置，她将不会参加党内初选。
One of the great things about American politics is that the early primaries and Iowa caucus are retail politics.
美国政治最伟大的地方在于早期初选和爱荷华州初选都是零售政治。
Candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential election nomination have picked that theme up as they campaign ahead of the primaries.
参与竞争民主党总统候选人资格的人士在选战中纷纷将自由贸易和全球化问题拿来说事。
Tea-party types love her and carried her to victory in the primaries.
她成为茶叶党的宠儿并帮助她在初选中取胜。
They therefore competed mainly in the primaries, as opposed to the general election, against rivals in their own party.
因此他们的竞争的焦点是初选，而且与大选不同，对手来自本党派。
Plus, there is still nearly a year to go before the primaries.
另外，离初选还有差不多一年的时间。
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月的初选迫在眉睫，罗姆尼在新罕布什尔州以超过2比1的比率领先。
Meanwhile, after the primaries, McCain began to take a beating.
而同时，在总统预选后，麦凯恩则受到了媒体的打击。
Varying the intensity of these primaries creates the illusion, from a distance, of the intended hue.
将这些原色的强度进行区别就在一定距离下产生出意想光泽的错觉。
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为该州四个国会区的初选候选人投票。
Once we get into next year, though, you're also going to hear a lot about primaries and caucuses.
一旦进入2012年，你也将会听到许多关于总统预选和基层党团会议初选的消息。
Achromatic lens: A lens which refracts light of most colours equally, i. e. corrected for blue and green light of the primaries.
消色差透镜：能够把大多数色光作等量折射的透镜。是消除三原色里的蓝光和绿光的色差。
It has been an honor to contest these primaries with him.
我一直感到很荣幸和他一起经历了这些初选。
After a tough victory in the primaries, Bush ran in the general election against Democratic State Senator Kent Hance.
初选艰难胜出后，布什在大选中与民主党人、州参议员肯特？汉斯展开角逐。
Of the states still to hold primaries, North Carolina is the biggest prize and currently, Obama is in the lead.
在尚未进行初选的州里头，北卡罗来纳州拥有的党代表票数最多，目前奥巴马处于领先地位。
The Wolf in the green growl, Spit it of poultry feast The colour profusion color primaries: And I also in empty wolves from consumption.
狼在绿叶丛下嗥叫，吐出它饱餐家禽的五色缤纷的彩羽：和狼一样我也在空自消耗。
But it is the primaries that matter, and there Mr Edwards must hope for one of the others to stumble.
当然，终究只有初选才算数。爱德华兹先生也只能指望其他候选人遭羁挨绊。
US Republican White House contender Mitt Romney has pulled off a double win in the Michigan and Arizona primaries.
美国共和党白宫竞选人米特罗姆尼在密歇根州和亚利桑那州的总统预选中获双胜。
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。
Up to 80 teachers of the UK's brightest graduates will be placed in primaries this year, Teach First says.
80名英国最聪明的大学毕业生今年将被安排至小学，以教为先透露。
