prime
adj. 主要的; 基本的; 最好的; 首選的
n. 鼎盛時期
v. 事先指點; 事先準備
You use prime to describe something that is most important in a situation.
Political stability, meanwhile, will be a prime concern...
同時,政治穩定性將放在首位。
It could be a prime target for guerrilla attack...
這可能是游擊隊進攻的主要目標。
You use prime to describe something that is of the best possible quality.
It was one of the City's prime sites, near the Stock Exchange.
這是倫敦最好的地段之一,離證券交易所很近。
You use prime to describe an example of a particular kind of thing that is absolutely typical.
The prime example is Macy's, once the undisputed king of California retailers.
最典型的例子是梅西百貨,它曾經是加利福尼亞無可爭辯的零售巨頭。
If someone or something is in their prime, they are at the stage in their existence when they are at their strongest, most active, or most successful.
Maybe I'm just coming into my prime now...
也許我現在正要步入事業輝煌期。
She was in her intellectual prime...
在智力上,她正處於壯年。
If you prime someone to do something, you prepare them to do it, for example by giving them information about it beforehand.
Claire wished she'd primed Sarah beforehand...
克萊爾真希望她事先指點過薩拉。
Arnold primed her for her duties...
阿諾德事先讓她熟悉了自己的任務。
If someone primes a bomb or a gun, they prepare it so that it is ready to explode or fire.
He was priming the bomb to go off in an hour's time...
他正在裝炸彈,設定為在一個小時之內爆炸。
Tom keeps a primed 10-foot shotgun in his office.
湯姆在辦公室放了一支裝了子彈的10英尺長的獵槍。
1. a number that has no factor but itself and 1
2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
3. the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
4. the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
1. insert a primer into (a gun, mine, charge, etc.) preparatory to detonation or firing;
2. cover with a primer; apply a primer to
3. fill with priming liquid;
1. first in rank or degree;
2. used of the first or originating agent;
3. of superior grade;
4. of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers;
5. at the best stage;
excellent, choice, splendid, select, prime, first-rate
這些形容詞均有"極好的"之意。
prime the pump
(透過提供資金)刺激增長(或成功)
prime the pump【非正式用語】
鼓勵:鼓勵某事的發展或行動
Ade has been widely tipped as the Prime Minister.
很多人認為艾德將繼任首相.
The Prime Minister has made a statement closely approximate to a falsehood.
首相發表了一項幾近謊言的宣告.
The education minister personally persuaded the prime minister to rethink.
教育部長親自勸首相再考慮一下.
The Prime Minister's policy alienated many of her followers.
首相的政策使很多擁護她的人疏遠了她.
The man with the umbrella will be the Prime Minister.
拿著雨傘的那個人準是首相.
v. 準備;做準備;教育;指導,訓練
breakshowteachguideinpreparepreptraindrillreadycoacheducateinstructgroom
v. 通知,通告,提示
adj. 主要的,重要的
adj. 基本的,基礎
adj. 最早的,最先的
originalpremierinitialearliestfirstprimalprimordial
adj. 有價值的;值得的
apreciouscostlyworthexpensivelotvaluable
adj. 第一所的,第一級的
aceselectedqualitygradetopsselectpickedchoiceAfirst-ratetopflightfirst-class
adj. 至高無上的,最好的,最優的
highestmaximalsuperlativecrowningpeerlesstranscendentunapproachedtopuppermostoutstandingutmostbestmatchlessgreatgreatestnonpareilsupremeremarkablesummitsuperiorexcellentunsurpassed
adj. 著名的,卓越的
eminentwell-knownfamousleadingprominentfamedcelebratedsupereminentdistinguishedpre-eminentsovereignrenownedpredominantstar
n. 全盛時期;精華;最佳部分;茂盛
summerefflorescenceflowerfullbloomfloweringheydayspring
n. 成熟,成人
maturityspringtimeofdaysadulthoodlifeyouthmanhoodadultnessbest
n. 頂峰,絕峰
summitapexthetoppeakzenithtopspinnacleculmination
其他釋義
glorysignificantdesirablecardinalfinisheddaymaturetutorflashy