primaries

英 [ˈpraɪməriz]

美 [ˈpraɪˌmɛriz]

n.  (美国)初选
primary的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 首要的；主要的
  You useprimaryto describe something that is very important.
  1. That's the primary reason the company's share price has held up so well...
     这是公司股票价格一直居高不下的主要原因。
  2. I don't think young people's primary aim in life is to get drunk...
     我觉得年轻人生活的主要目标并不是一醉方休。
  3. His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems...
     他对语言的误解是引起其他问题的主要原因。
  4. The family continues to be the primary source of care and comfort for people as they grow older.
     随着年龄的增长，家庭仍然是人们获得关爱和安慰的主要源泉。
• ADJ （教育）初级的，初等的，小学的
  Primaryeducation is given to pupils between the ages of 5 and 11.
  1. Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880...
     直到1880年，英国才开始实行初等义务教育。
  2. Ninety-nine per cent of primary pupils now have hands-on experience of computers.
     现在，99%的小学生都亲手操作过电脑。
  3. ...primary teachers.
     小学教师

in AM, use 美国英语用 elementary


• ADJ 首先的；最早的；最初的
  Primaryis used to describe something that occurs first.
  1. It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body...
     原发性肿瘤并不会置人于死地，致命的是身体其他部位的继发肿瘤。
  2. They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
     他们被禁止对客户进行最初的投标。
• N-COUNT （美国）初选，预选
  Aprimaryor aprimary electionis an election in an American state in which people vote for someone to become a candidate for a political office.
  1. ...the 1968 New Hampshire primary...
     1968年新罕布什尔州的初选
  2. She won the Democratic primary...
     她在民主党的初选中获胜。
  3. New York holds its primary election on Tuesday.
     纽约州将在星期二举行预选。

双语例句

• Paul ran four years ago in the Republican primaries and also ran as the Libertarian Party candidate in1988.
  保罗四年前参加了共和党的党内初选，1988年作为自由党候选人参加了那年的总统选举。
• Neither Obama nor Clinton can win enough delegates in the remaining primaries or caucuses to secure the nomination outright, so both candidates are making a play for their support.
  在剩下的初选和基层党团会议推选中，奥巴马和希拉里.克林顿都不可能拿到确保获得总统候选人提名的代表人票数，因此他们都在努力争取超级代表的支持。
• Lieberman said he had planned to wait until after the primaries to offer his support for the presidential hopeful.
  但列波曼说他计划等到在初选后再去支持这位有希望的总统侯选人。
• 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。
• Dodd endorsed Obama at a news conference in Cleveland where Obama is campaigning one week before crucial primaries in Ohio and Texas that could be decisive in the battle for the party nomination.
  多德在克利夫兰的一个新闻发布会上宣布支持奥巴马。奥巴马正在克利夫兰进行竞选活动，一周以后，俄亥俄州和德克萨斯州将举行重要的初选，这些初选对两党参选人的竞争可能具有决定性意义。
• Winning those primaries, winning those delegates: That's important, because if you win enough of them, you can secure your party's nomination.
  赢得了预选就赢得了代表的支持：那是很重要的，因为如果你赢得了足够的代表支持，就能保证赢得党内提名。
• Both stood to lose all their convention delegates because they defied party rules by holding their primaries too early.
  两者都丧失了出席全国大会的代表资格，这是因为他们过早地举行了初选而触犯了党规。
• Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani lost out to John McCain in the Republican primaries this year, but Giuliani is now going after Obama as one of McCain's main surrogate campaigners.
  前纽约市长朱利亚尼在今年的共和党初选中败给了麦凯恩，而他现在成了麦凯恩选举班子的代理活动家，经常攻击奥巴马。
• If all the States advance their primaries, America might as well just have a single national primary.
  要是所有州都提前初选，美国倒不如进行全国初选，一次了事。
• That happened last Wednesday, when moderate Tzipi Livni won a narrow victory in the Kadima party primaries.
  上星期三，温和派的利夫尼以些微的差距赢得了前进党的初选。