英语释义

• the state of being first in importance

片语

primacy right隐私权

urban primacyIn urban studies, urban primacy indicates the largest city in a country. Such a city is called a primate city.

occupied primacy占首位

Patrick primacy至上励合

affective primacy绪优先说

primacy effect首因效应；印象的初始讯息

metropolitan primacy大都会首市现象

primacy relationships基于社会初级关系

preeminence卓越；杰出

predominance优势；卓越

topological primacy拓扑首位

英汉例句

• there are those who put primacy on the intentions of the artist or artists.

  有人将艺术家的意图放在首要位置。

• it is clear from all these books that they believed their own hype; they believed with moral fervor in the primacy and power of information.

  从这些书中我们了解到他们认同自已的个性飞场，笃定道德信仰的主导地位，相信信息科学的无限能量。

• a sovereign might expect to win its legal battles if it drafted its conversion laws well and if it could assert the primacy of its law over european law.

  如果该国能够起草完备的兑换法案，使本国法律高于欧洲法之上，他们在这场文件大战中也许还有胜算的可能。

• 「we do not want to become another st louis,」 she says, gloomily invoking the city that lost its midwestern primacy to chicago after failing to invest in infrastructure.

  她担忧道：「我们可不希望芝加哥成为下个圣路易斯。」 后者由于没能投入基础假设，而把中西部的统治权拱手让给芝加哥。

• the primacy of the inflation target meant the bank’s financial-stability wing became a backwater, a trend that accelerated after sir mervyn succeeded george as governor in 2003.

  通胀目标压倒一切，这意味着银行的金融稳定部门被边缘化，而且在2003年默文爵士接任乔治成为行长后，边缘化的速度日益加快。

• china and india recognized the primacy of maintaining international peace.

  中国和印度认识到维护世界和平的首要意义。

• france’s is explicit about the primacy of la belle langue; sweden’s elevates equality above all other virtues; japan’s, love of country.

  法国明确地把语言的华丽放在首位；瑞士认为道理品质中最重要的是平等；日本则强调爱国主义。

• such schemes represent the primacy of 「d」 over 「r」.

  这些方案表明「发」的重要性高于「研」。

• but as the imf points out, the currency’s primacy arises at least partly because china and other emerging countries have chosen to accumulate dollar reserves.

  但是当国际货币基金组织指出仅仅部分国家出现了主导货币因为中国和大量发展中国家选择了美元作为主要储蓄货币。

• for australia, he thinks, the best outcome would be for america to relinquish primacy and share power with china and other countries in a 「concert of asia」.

  修特认为对澳大利亚而言，最好的结果将是美国放弃主导地位，在「亚洲协调」体系下与中国以及其他国家分享权力。

• the big studios, the primacy of which was never exactly threatened during the boom years, are now almost the only game in town.

  那些在影视业繁荣时期绝不会将生存威胁与之联系的大工作室，目前也不过是仅存的独苗。

• failure would shake further the faith of the people「s region in the emerging international order and the primacy of international law.

  一旦失败，就会进一步动摇不同种族所在地区的人民对新兴国际秩序和至高无上的国际法所怀有的信念。

• he liked surrealism, but mostly for its belief in the primacy of free association and dreams; when he began a picture, he had no idea where it might take him.

  他的风格接近超现实主义，但这只是因为他信仰自由联想和想象是创作的首要因素；当他开始创作时，他并不知道自己最后会画出一幅什么样的画。

• since 1945, japan」s national identity has been tied up with economic primacy in asia.

  1945年以来，日本的国家认同一直与其在亚洲的经济地位紧密联系。

• bluntly (for she had a tart tongue, lubricated with cigarettes and beer), she dismissed 「the primacy of agriculture」 in human history.

  对于人类历史中「农业优先」的理论，她毫不客气地断然否定(她伶牙俐齿，更有香烟祐-啤酒助劲）。

• though fashions changed, the primacy of trends didn't: until just a few years ago, no self-respecting teenager would have been caught in the wrong denim wash.

  时尚变了，时尚的要义却一如既往：直到几年之前为止，没有哪个把自己当回事的青少年会穿着水洗仔裤出现在人前。

• parents, undistracted by the lust for luxury and status, accorded their children primacy in their lives.

  父母不为各种享受和权利的欲望分心，孩子才是他们的生活中最重要的。

• he quotes, admiringly, bill clinton, who once said that america should use its primacy “to create a world in which we will be comfortable living when we are no longer top dog on the global block.

  他以钦佩之情引用克林顿所说：“美国应该使用其主导地位来创造一个当我们不再是全球的霸主时，仍旧能生活的舒适的世界。

相似词

priority优先；优先权；[数] 优先次序；优先考虑的事

leadership领导能力；领导阶层