primal

英 [ˈpraɪml]

美 [ˈpraɪml]

adj.  原始的; 最初的; 根源的; 根本的

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.13028 / COCA.11733

牛津词典

adj.

• 原始的；最初的；根源的；根本的
  connected with the earliest origins of life; very basic
  1. the primal hunter-gatherer
     原始狩猎采集者
  2. a primal urge/fear
     本能的欲望 / 恐惧

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 最初的；原始的；根本的
  Primalis used to describe something that relates to the origins of things or that is very basic.
  1. Jealousy is a primal emotion.
     嫉妒是最原始的情感。
  2. ...the primal mysteries of the earth.
     地球起源的奥秘

英英释义

adj

• having existed from the beginning
  1. aboriginal forests
  2. primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
  3. the forest primeval
  4. primordial matter
  5. primordial forms of life
  Synonym:aboriginalprimevalprimaevalprimordial
• serving as an essential component
  1. a cardinal rule
  2. the central cause of the problem
  3. an example that was fundamental to the argument
  4. computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure
  Synonym:cardinalcentralfundamentalkey

双语例句

• The iPod renewed my love of music and answered a primal need: It made me feel cool.
  这个iPod重新唤起了我对音乐的热爱，满足了一种基本的需要：它使我感到很酷。
• Eco-thoughts have gone through eco-spontaneity of primal civilization and agricultural civilization, eco-loss and eco-awaking of industrial civilization.
  经历了原始文明和农业文明的生态自发，工业文明的生态失落与生态觉醒。
• Primal parents are the polar opposite of the hyper-achievement-oriented Tiger Mom model.
  原始人做父母的方式和如今致力于让孩子取得成就的虎妈模式截然相反。
• All Chinese policies can almost always be traced back to this primal fear.
  中国的所有政策，几乎都能追溯到这种“原始恐惧”。
• It is the primal polarity.
  这是原始的两极化。
• On the contrary, he emphasizes repeatedly one's Root Self which is the primal cause of all things.
  正相反，他重覆的强调一个人的本心，那是最初万物的缘起。
• Optical illusions to wide audiences, I have found that their effect on people is very primal.
  我发现，视幻对广大观众的效果很有冲击力。
• The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget.
  一般唯有两种原始的豪：博得和引发。
• A primal greedy algorithm for solving a class of linear programming problems and a dual greedy algorithm for solving its dual problems are presented.
  给出了求解一类线性规划问题的一种贪婪算法和求解其对偶问题的一种贪婪算法，并讨论了这两种算法的若干性质及其相互关系。
• Primal fear, too, was hard to eradicate.
  人们对鳄鱼的原始恐惧太难根除。