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

• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This india, the primal, has been depressed.
  原始的古印度却凹陷下去了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。