primal

英['praɪml] 美['praɪml]
  • adj. 最初的;原始的;主要的
TOEFL
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 最初的
    2. 原始的
    3. 根本的
    4. 最主要的
    5. 主要的
    6. 第一的
    7. 根源的
    8. 首要的
    9. 首位的
    10. 原来的
    11. 早期的
    12. 基本的

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. serving as an essential component;

    "a cardinal rule"
    "the central cause of the problem"
    "an example that was fundamental to the argument"
    "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

  2. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state;

    "aboriginal forests"
    "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"
    "the forest primeval"
    "primordial matter"
    "primordial forms of life"

1. Money was a primal necessity to them.
对于他们,钱是主要的需要.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. He was the primal traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party's purity.
他是头号大叛徒, 第一个玷污了党的纯洁.

来自英汉文学

3. Jealousy is a primal emotion.
嫉妒是最原始的情感。

来自辞典例句

4. This India, the primal, has heen depressed.
原始的古印度却凹陷下去了.

来自辞典例句

5. Stars are born from a kind of primal soup known as the interstellar medium.
恒星是由一种称为星际介质的“原汤”形成的.

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Then primal sedateness came back.
      而后世界又恢复了最初的安详。
    2. I'm sure that I will actualize the primal promise.
      我确信我能实现最初的诺言。
    3. In these primal skies, there was no Moon.
      在原始的天空里,没有月亮。
    4. Money was a primal necessity to them.
      钱是他们最主要的需要。