单词primary
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
主要的；最重要的；基本的:
main; most important; basic
最初的；最早的:
developing or happening first; earliest
初等教育的；小学教育的:
connected with the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven
（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
【语法】语根的;一级语结的
【医学】初期的,第一期的
【化学】伯的;连上一个碳原子的;(无机盐)一代的
【生物学】初生的;【地质学;地理学】原生的,原成的,结晶岩的,最下层的
【电学】一次的;原的;第一级的
原始的,根本的;原著的,第一手的;(颜色)原色的
第一的,最初的,初级的;初等的;基本的;基层的
原始;原发,原有的;最初的,初次,第一次
初步的; 预备的
主要的,为首的,第一位的
【动物;动物学】鸟翼末节上的羽毛,初级飞羽;(昆虫的)前翅
【天文学】主星;(有卫星的)行星
【语法】一级语结〔叶斯帕森用语,指句中可用作主语、宾语的成分,包括名词、代词、分句以及不定式结构等〕
【电学】原线圈;初级线圈
(油漆等的)底子
预选
〔美国〕候选人选拔会;初选
原色;原色感
〔计〕初等量;〔物〕原线圈,原核子;基本粒子;〔电视〕基色
居首位的事物,主要事物
复数：primaries
adj.+n.:
primary school,primary education,primary task,primary function,primary concern
adj.firstinitialtopleadingforemost
adj.lastsecondaryminor
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。