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

• It is the primal essence of all creation.
  它是全部创造的最初的本质。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Jealousy is a primal emotion.
  嫉妒是最原始的情感。
• This india, the primal, has been depressed.
  原始的古印度却凹陷下去了。