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.

  1. 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

  1. ADJ-GRADED 最初的;原始的;根本的
    Primal is 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

双语例句

  1. Jealousy is a primal emotion.
    嫉妒是最原始的情感。
  2. It occurred to me that in the midst of this quandary my own primal question had finally been answered.
    在这样的窘境中,我忽然想到当初那个问题的答案。
  3. Human beings have two powerful primal instincts.
    人类有两个强大的本能。
  4. Primal fear, too, was hard to eradicate.
    人们对鳄鱼的原始恐惧太难根除。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. We all share common ancestors, because all life came from the first self-reproducing, single-celled organism that existed in the oceans of primal earth.
    我们有着共同的祖先,因为所有的生命都来源于原始地球上第一个存在于海洋中自我复制的单细胞有机体。
  9. 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。
  10. The second you save him he kicks you in the shin because you witnessed him in a very degrading situation, facing his primal fear.
    你刚把他救下来,他就拿脚踹你,因为你看到了他非常丢脸的样子,见证了他原始的恐惧。
  11. But it should also be remembered that this is a card of great creativity, of powerful magic, primal feelings and intuition.
    但也应记住,这是一张伟大的创造力,强大的神奇,原始的感受和直觉。
  12. It seems to be sort of a primal dream but the dream about being chased is a biggie.
    这似乎是一个很原始的梦,但被追的梦是一个很大的课题。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. She is the primal essence and embodiment of life, and is deeply tied to nature.
    她是最初的本质和生命的体现,与大自然深深连结。
  16. It is the primal essence of all creation.
    它是全部创造的最初的本质。
  17. 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。
  18. 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”。
  19. 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。
  20. An idle pastime for some, climbing one's family tree can seem a primal necessity for the adopted.
    有些人把这作为一种消遣,但对那些被收养的人们来说,追溯自己的家族谱无疑是一种本能需要。
  21. 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。
  22. Freud thinks that the primal situation and Oedipus complex are the source and clue of human civilization.
    弗洛伊德认为,原始情境及俄狄浦斯情结是人类文明的源头和线索。
  23. This india, the primal, has been depressed.
    原始的古印度却凹陷下去了。
  24. 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。
  25. 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。
  26. It is the primal polarity.
    这是原始的两极化。
  27. 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。
  28. This primal vibration or sound is by nature transcendental and therefore is perceived in silence.
    这种最原本的振动或音流是无形的,所以要在静默中体会。
  29. Soul then works its way back in a long pilgrimage to its primal source.
    灵魂于是在回归其最初源头的漫漫朝圣路上跋涉。

英英释义

adj

  1. 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

  2. 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