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

• Violence is a lot more shocking than sex – sex is primal.
  暴力比性更令人震惊&性是原始的。
• 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。
• Some algorithms in the primal have been recently proposed for training support vector machines ( SVMs).
  近来，研究者们提出了一些基本域算法训练支持向量机。
• 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”。
• Jealousy is a primal emotion.
  嫉妒是最原始的情感。
• Human beings have two powerful primal instincts.
  人类有两个强大的本能。
• My life's empty flute waits for its final music like the primal darkness before the stars came out.
  我生命的空灵玉笛等待它最后的音乐像繁星出来之前最后的黑暗。
• To inflict massive physical damage in close combat will always remain their primal strength though.
  造成巨大的物质损害密切打击将始终保持其原始的力量了。
• 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。
• 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。