16.18词根Pri,prim,prin
1.1 词根Pri，prim，prin
词根释义：First第一
Priority（n.）= pri =first=优先（第一顺位）
/praɪɔrəti/
1.N-COUNT可数名词优先事项；最重要的事；当务之急 If something is a priority, it is the most important thing you have to do or deal with, or must be done or dealt with before everything else you have to do.
Being a parent is her first priority...
做好母亲是她的头等大事。
The governments priority is to build more power plants...
政府的首要任务是建造更多的发电站。
Getting your priorities in order is a good way to not waste energy on meaningless pursuits.
将事情按优先顺序排列能有效地避免把精力浪费在无意义的工作上。
2.PHRASE 短语优先考虑；给…优先权 If you give priority to something or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else.
【搭配模式】：V inflects
The school will give priority to science, maths and modern languages...
学校将重点发展理科、数学和现代语言。
The proposals deserve support as they give priority to the needs of children.
这些提议值得拥护，因为它们优先考虑了儿童的需求。
3.PHRASE 短语优先于；比…重要 If something takes priority or has priority over other things, it is regarded as being more important than them and is dealt with first.
【搭配模式】：V inflects
The fight against inflation took priority over measures to combat the deepening recession...
抵制通货膨胀比抑制日益加剧的经济衰退更为重要。
I disagree with the premise that economic development has priority over the environment.
我不赞成经济发展应优先于环境保护这个前提。
Prime（adj.）=最佳的（第一名是最好的）
/praɪm/
1.ADJ 形容词主要的；首要的；最为重要的 You use prime to describe something that is most important in a situation.
【搭配模式】：ADJ n
Political stability, meanwhile, will be a prime concern...
同时，政治稳定性将放在首位。
It could be a prime target for guerrilla attack...
这可能是游击队进攻的主要目标。
The police will see me as the prime suspect!
警方会把我当作头号嫌疑人！
Prime candidate to take over his job is Margaret Ramsay.
接替他工作的首要人选是玛格丽特·拉姆齐。
2.ADJ 形容词优质的；一流的；上等的；最好的 You use prime to describe something that is of the best possible quality.
【搭配模式】：ADJ n
It was one of the Citys prime sites, near the Stock Exchange.
这是伦敦最好的地段之一，离证券交易所很近。
3.ADJ 形容词最典型的；最有代表性的 You use prime to describe an example of a particular kind of thing that is absolutely typical.
【搭配模式】：ADJ n
The prime example is Macys, once the undisputed king of California retailers.
最典型的例子是梅西百货，它曾经是加利福尼亚无可争辩的零售巨头。
4.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词全盛时期；最活跃时期；最成功时期 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.
【搭配模式】：usu poss N
Maybe Im just coming into my prime now...
也许我现在正要步入事业辉煌期。
She was in her intellectual prime...
在智力上，她正处于壮年。
Weve had a series of athletes trying to come back well past their prime.
我们有些早已过了黄金期的运动员仍然想东山再起。
...young persons in the prime of life.
风华正茂的年轻人
5.VERB动词事先指点；使做好准备 If you prime someone to do something, you prepare them to do it, for example by giving them information about it beforehand.
【语法信息】：V n
【语法信息】：V n for n
【语法信息】：be V-ed to-inf
Claire wished shed primed Sarah beforehand...
克莱尔真希望她事先指点过萨拉。
Arnold primed her for her duties...
阿诺德事先让她熟悉了自己的任务。
The press corps was primed to leap to the defense of the fired officials.
记者团获知信息后，立即声援被解雇官员。
6.VERB动词把（炸弹、枪支）装好 If someone primes a bomb or a gun, they prepare it so that it is ready to explode or fire.
【语法信息】：V n to-inf
【语法信息】：V-ed
【语法信息】：Also V n
He was priming the bomb to go off in an hours time...
他正在装炸弹，设定为在一个小时之内爆炸。
Tom keeps a primed 10-foot shotgun in his office.
汤姆在办公室放了一支装了子弹的10英尺长的猎枪。
7. to prime the pump→see: pump;
Prince（n.）=王子（第一儿子）
/prɪns/
1.N-TITLE; N-COUNT头衔名词；可数名词王子；亲王；王孙 A prince is a male member of a royal family, especially the son of the king or queen of a country.
...Prince Edward and other royal guests...
爱德华王子和其他皇室宾客
The Prince won warm applause for his ideas.
王子的想法赢得了热烈的掌声。
2.N-TITLE; N-COUNT头衔名词；可数名词（小国的）君王，国君 A prince is the male royal ruler of a small country or state.
He was speaking without the princes authority.
他说话的时候没有君王的威严。
3.N-COUNT可数名词大师；名家；巨匠 If someone describes a man as the prince of a particular type of work, they mean that he is the best man doing that type of work.
【搭配模式】：usu N of n
【STYLE标签】：LITERARY 文
To his 19th-century peers, Robert Brown was the prince of botany.
对于19世纪的同行来说，罗伯特·布朗是植物学巨匠。
Principal（adj.）=first +take=主要的、首要的
/prɪnsəpl/
1.ADJ 形容词首要的；最主要的；最重要的 Principal means first in order of importance.
【搭配模式】：ADJ n
The principal reason for my change of mind is this.
这是我改变主意的最主要原因。
...the countrys principal source of foreign exchange earnings...
这个国家最主要的外汇收入来源
Their principal concern is bound to be that of winning the next general election.
他们最关心的问题肯定是赢得下一次大选。
2.N-COUNT可数名词（中小学）校长；（英国）大学校长，学院院长 The principal of a school, or in Britain the principal of a college, is the person in charge of the school or college.
Donald King is the principal of Dartmouth High School.
唐纳德·金是达特茅斯中学的校长。
Primordial（adj.）=first +order=原始的（第一的）
/praɪmɔrdɪəl/
（Primordial nuclide -Wikipedia）
1.ADJ 形容词原始的；远古的；人类最初的 You use primordial to describe things that belong to a very early time in the history of the world.
【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式
Twenty million years ago, Idaho was populated by dense primordial forest.
2,000万年前，爱达荷州到处都是茂密的原始森林。
...the original primordial explosion.
最初的宇宙大爆炸
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