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

• 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。
• 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。
• Human beings have two powerful primal instincts.
  人类有两个强大的本能。
• It is the primal essence of all creation.
  它是全部创造的最初的本质。
• 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。
• 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。
• This india, the primal, has been depressed.
  原始的古印度却凹陷下去了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。