1、prim- + -ary.
2、含义：of the first order, of the first rank, chief, principal.
- "It's an important, cautionary note that we shouldn't get too carried away with the idea that a computer system can replace doctors and therapists," says Christopher Dowrick, a professor of primary medical care at the University of liverpool.
2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
- Mike Ellicock,chief executive of National Numeracy said we want to challenge this "I can't do maths" attitude that is prevalent in the UK, adding that it was vital that all primary school teachers understand key maths concepts as young children who fail t
2018年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A
- My primary concern is: How can I soften or civilize this message?
2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A
- The article cites the global giant Procter and Gamble as an example, saying a real innovative company should develop an innovation culture and use it as a primary tool for success.
2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- The study looked at computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and found that it was no more effective in treating depression than the usual care patients receive from a primary care doctor.
2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
- Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.
出自-2017年6月
- Fossil fuels remain the major source of primary energy consumption in today's world.
出自-2017年6月
- For example, the United Arab Emirates has endorsed an ambitious target to draw 24% of its primary energy consumption from renewable sources by 2021.
出自-2017年6月
- Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.
出自-2016年6月
- Irrigation is the primary agricultural use of human waste in the developing world.
出自-2016年6月
- Its primary mission is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic needs of all people, with the particular focus on those who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- As American research universities begin to resemble profit centers and entertainment complexes, it's easy to lose sight of their primary mission; to produce and spread knowledge.
出自-2014年6月
- First, they have questioned whether the primary responsibility for digitally archiving the world's books should be allowed to fall to a commercial company.
出自-2011年12月
- And, if you’re not sure, in is always a good idea to check with your primary care provider.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- For almost all white-collar jobs, email is the primary tool of corporate communication.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- So they get involved by looking at advertising and really critically assessing the consumer behaviour aspects of it and getting involved sometimes doing primary research.
2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
- virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system— doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness — is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- From the governments' point of view, a primary goal of laws requiring extended producer responsibility is to transfer both the cost and the physical responsibility of waste management from the government and tax-payers back to the producers.
2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- Most of my reading through primary, middle and high school was factual reading.
2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- She said: " children are using social media with family and friends and to play games when they are in primary school.
2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Silk had become one of the primary goods traded along the silk Road by about 100 BC.
2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 单项选择 原文
- What the people wanted was a government which would provide a comfortable life for them; and with this as the primary object, ideas of freedom and self-reliance and responsibility were neglected to the point of disappearing.
2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- The U.workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of primary cause of the poor U.economic performance.
出自-2009年考研
- Researchers in the late 1960 covered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally ( ' , or collaboratively) and innovatively.
出自-2009年考研
- The growth of the use of English as the world`s primary language for international communication has obviously been continuing for several decades.
出自-2017年考研翻译原文
- Alongside that,many countries are introducing English into the primary-school curriculum but British schoolchildren and students do not appear to be gaining greater encouragement to achieve fluency in other languages.
出自-2017年考研翻译原文
- It's just that individual actions are too slow, she says, for that to be the only, or even primary, approach to changing widespread behavior.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Requiring companies to make gender the primary qualification for board membership will inevitably lead to less experienced private sector boards.
2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally and innovatively.
2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved.
2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary
这些形容词均含有"首要的，主要的"之意。
chief： 指人时，表同类中职位最高，权力最大；指物时，表同类中最重要，价值最高。
principal： 用于人时，指地位优于其他人；用于物时，指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
main： 通常只用于物。指在一定范围内，某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
major： 指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较，显得更加重要和突出。
leading： 侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
capital： 着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
foremost： 侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
primary： 通常不用于人。用于物时，指在重要性方面占第一位。
elementary, elemental, primary
这些形容词均含有"基本的"之意。
elementary： 指属于事物的初步或起始阶段
elemental： 强调属于事物的基础或本质。
primary可与作"初步的，初级"的elementary换用。
