primary

US [ˈpraɪm(ə)ri]
UK [ˈpraɪməri]
  • adj.主要的；最重要的；基本的；最初的
  • n.（美国）初选
  • Web初级飞羽；三原色；前翅
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Primaries
adj.
1.
[ubn]
主要的；最重要的；基本的main; most important; basic
The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English.
这门课的主要目的是提高英语会话能力。
Our primary concern must be the children.
我们首先要关心的必须是儿童。
Good health care is of primary importance.
良好的医疗保健是重中之重。
2.
[ubn]
最初的；最早的developing or happening first; earliest
primary causes
最初的原因
The disease is still in its primary stage.
这病尚处于初始阶段。
3.
[obn]
初等教育的；小学教育的connected with the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven
primary teachers
小学教师
n.
1.
（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
the Illinois primary
伊利诺伊州的初选
the presidential primaries
总统候选人初选

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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。
zhèng zhì fēn xī jiā shuō , zài zuì jìn jǐ zhōu de yù xuǎn zhōng , lài tè mù shī wèn tí duì ào bā mǎ cān yì yuán méi yǒu chǎn shēng duō shao yǐng xiǎng 。
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2.
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。
wú yí de , rú guǒ tā zài chū xuǎn shí néng zuò dào zhè xiē , hěn duō měi guó rén jiāng wèi tā tóu piào 。
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3.
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。
zhè shì yī fèn lìng rén shī wàng de shěn chá 。 tā kàn qǐ lái fēi cháng quán miàn , dàn shì gēn běn méi yǒu gǎn shàng chū děng jiào yù de jǐ gè dà fāng miàn biàn huà de bù fá 。
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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。
yǒu xiē měi guó xuǎn mín fǎn duì chāo jí dài biǎo yōng yǒu tí míng zài chū xuǎn huò yù xuǎn huì yì zhōng wèi dé dào duō shù xuǎn piào de hòu xuǎn rén de quán lì 。
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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。
wèi le yíng dé tí míng , hòu xuǎn rén bì xū zài yù xuǎn zhuā zhù nà xiē tiě gǎn mín zhǔ dǎng rén de xīn , nà xiē mín zhǔ dǎng rén dōu qiáng liè fǎn zhàn 。
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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。
cān jiā chū xuǎn de rén shù wǎng wǎng fēi cháng shǎo , yì bān lái shuō zài xuǎn mín zǒng shù de bǎi fēn zhī shí dào bǎi fēn zhī èr shí zhī jiān , qí zhōng rè zhōng zhèng zhì huó dòng de rén shù bǐ lì xiāng yìng huì hěn gāo 。
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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。
kāi fàng de " chū xuǎn " , shì zhǎng hòu xuǎn rén zhí jiē yóu gōng zhòng xuǎn chū , yóu yú chéng běn tài gāo ér fàng qì 。
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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。
zài chū xuǎn zhōng tā hái wēi xié rú guǒ bù chóng xīn tán pàn jiù tuī chū běi měi zì yóu mào yì xié dìng 。
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9.
By 1936, only a dozen states continued to hold presidential primaries.
到1936年，只有十来个州继续举行总统初选。
dào yī jiǔ sān liù nián , zhǐ yǒu shí lái gè zhōu jì xù jǔ xíng zǒng tǒng chū xuǎn 。
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But at least the New Hampshire Primaries together with the Iowa Caucuses tell how well candidates are doing with grassroots Americans.
然而新罕普什尔州初选和爱奥华州政党基层会议至少说明了侯选人在基层美国人中有多少威信。
rán ér xīn hǎn pǔ shí ěr zhōu chū xuǎn hé ài ào huá zhōu zhèng dǎng jī céng huì yì zhì shǎo shuō míng liǎo hóu xuǎn rén zài jī céng měi guó rén zhōng yǒu duō shao wēi xìn 。
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