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a primate
primate 是可数名词，单数形式需加 a/an。
A primate has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet.
灵长目动物有良好的视力和灵活的手脚。
灵长目动物；灵长类
primates — plural of primate
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灵长目动物；灵长类
a placental mammal of the order Primates, with good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
A primate has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet.
灵长目动物有良好的视力和灵活的手脚。
A mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.
In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.
In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.
The primate used both hands to peel the fruit.
这只灵长目动物用双手剥水果。
Many primates live together in social groups.
许多灵长目动物群居生活。
Scientists studied how the young primate learned to use a tool.
科学家们研究了这只幼年灵长目动物如何学会使用工具。
primate 是可数名词，单数形式需加 a/an。
A primate has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet.
灵长目动物有良好的视力和灵活的手脚。
介词 in 后接复数名词，表示“在灵长类群体中”。
This disease is rare in primates.
这种疾病在灵长目动物中很罕见。
primate 可作定语修饰名词，相当于形容词“灵长类的”。
Primate conservation is an important issue.
灵长类保护是一个重要问题。
Not this
Primate school is for children.
Use this
Primary school is for children.
“primate” 是名词，指“灵长目动物”或“大主教”，不是形容词“主要的、初等的”；表示“初等教育”应用“primary”。这是混淆了词性和拼写。
Not this
The zoo has many primate.
Use this
The zoo has many primates.
“primate” 是可数名词，复数需加 -s；中文没有复数形式，所以学习者容易漏掉。句中 “many” 后必须用复数 “primates”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
灵长类物种
Many primate species are threatened by habitat loss.
许多灵长类物种因栖息地丧失而受到威胁。
非人灵长类动物
Researchers study non-human primates to understand human behavior.
研究人员研究非人灵长类动物以了解人类行为。
灵长类大脑
The primate brain has evolved complex visual processing areas.
灵长类大脑进化出了复杂的视觉处理区域。
灵长类进化
Fossils provide crucial evidence about primate evolution.
化石为灵长类进化提供了关键证据。
灵长类研究
Ethical guidelines govern all primate research.
伦理准则规范着所有灵长类研究。
灵长类行为
The documentary explores the social life and primate behavior of chimpanzees.
这部纪录片探讨了黑猩猩的社会生活和灵长类行为。
Use primates naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 primate 中的 prim 联想成 prime（首要），灵长类是动物界最聪明的'首席代表'。
语域：formal 常见场景：academic papers、biology textbooks、science documentaries primate 表示“灵长类动物”时属于生物学术语，通常用于学术文献、教科书或科普纪录片等正式语境；日常口语中较少直接使用，可简单说 animal 或 monkey。
Given the target pronunciation 'praimit', no word here is an exact rhyme. 'climate' (/ˈklaɪmət/) is the closest: it keeps the same stressed /aɪ/ and the -mate spelling, but the final vowel differs. 'mate' and 'classmate' look alike but are pronounced with a clear /meɪt/. 'ultimate', 'estimate', and 'intimate' also end in -mate but reduce it to /mət/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.