Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #1172
Primary
初选；预选
核心释义
A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate.
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初选；为选出政党候选人或两轮选举的第一轮而进行的预选。
A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
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初选
a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
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小学一年级。
The first year of grade school.
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初级飞羽
one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
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基本或基础成分；不可再分的东西。
A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
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主星
(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- 7.
引力束缚系统中最重的组成部分,如行星相对于其卫星。
The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
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小学。
A primary school.
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鸟类附着在手部的飞羽。
Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
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原色。
A primary colour.
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热核武器的第一阶段,通过裂变爆炸引发武器第二阶段的聚变反应。
The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
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由雷达波反射回来的飞机(或其他物体)的雷达回波,不含来自飞机应答器的附加信息。
A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
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疾病的原发部位；疾病的最初位置或来源。
The primary site of a disease; the original location or source of the disease.
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直接驱动的感应线圈,如变压器或感应电机中与次级磁耦合的线圈。
A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
小学；原色；基色；基础；基本成分；小学一年级；初级飞羽
用法In use
Many states hold their primary in March.
用法提示：此处'primary'作为名词，指初选。
The bird's primaries are damaged, so it cannot fly well.
用法提示：此处'primaries'是'primary'的复数形式，指初级飞羽。
The planet's primary is a massive star.
用法提示：此处'primary'作为名词，指天文中的主星。
the [party] primary
这里的 primary 是可数名词，指政党预选。
The Republican primary will be held next month.
共和党初选将于下个月举行。
win/lose a/the primary
win/lose 后面直接接 primary，不用介词。
She lost the primary by only one percent.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- win the primary
- 赢得初选
- She won the primary by a narrow margin.她以微弱优势赢得了初选。
- presidential primary
- 总统初选
- The presidential primary will be held in March.总统初选将于三月举行。
- primary season
- 初选季
- During primary season, the candidates travel constantly.初选季期间，候选人不断巡回奔波。
- the three primaries
- 三原色
- Red, green, and blue are the three primaries.红、绿、蓝是三原色。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
primary 里有 prime（首要），初选就是首要的预选。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：美国选举报道、政治讨论、投票相关场合 作名词表示‘初选’时，多用于美国政治选举语境，指政党预选或初选；常见于新闻报道和日常讨论，语气中性。
语法说明Grammar Note
As a countable noun, 'primary' is used in elections, ornithology, and astronomy.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words rhyme with primary /ˈpraɪˌmɛri/. Library, secondary, necessary, ordinary, and dictionary all end in -ary but have different stress patterns and vowel sounds, so they are spelling lookalikes rather than rhymes. Diary also looks similar but is pronounced /ˈdaɪəri/ and does not rhyme with primary.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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