primary

• adj. 主要的；初級的；基本的
• n. 原色；最主要者

來自prime,第一的，最初的，首要的，-ary,形容詞後綴。

primary (adj.)

early 15c., "of the first order," from Latin primarius "of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). Meaning "first in order" is from 1802. Primary color is first recorded 1610s (at first the seven of the spectrum, later the three from which others can be made); primary school is 1802, from French école primaire.

The Paris journals ... are full of a plan, brought forward by Fourcroy, for the establishment of primary schools, which is not interesting to an English reader. [London "Times," April 27, 1802]

Related: Primarily.

primary (n.)

1861, American English, short for primary election (1792, with reference to France; in a U.S. context from 1835); earlier primary caucus (1821).

1. It is nearly always women who are the primary care givers.

從事初級保健護理工作的幾乎都是女性。

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2. His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems.

他對語言的誤解是引起其他問題的主要原因。

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3. Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880.

直到1880年，英國才開始實行初等義務教育。

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4. He won the election because the Democrats self-destructed in their primary.

民主黨在初選中自毀長城，所以才讓他贏得了選舉。

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5. Mrs Steele was head of Didcot's C of E primary school.

斯蒂爾夫人曾是英國迪德科特聖公會小學的校長。

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