prime

复数：primes过去式：primed过去分词：primed现在分词：priming第三人称单数：primes

1. [A]首要的,主要的 most important; chief; fundamental
2. [A]最好的,第一流的 of the very best quality or kind

1. [S]全盛时期 the state of time of sb's/sth's greatest perfection, strength or activity

1. vt. 使准备好,使完成准备工作 make sth ready for use or action
2. vt. 事先指导,事先向…提供情况 instruct in advance especially in how to ask or answer difficult question

• prime importance头等重要
• prime minister内阁总理,首相

• feel prime很神气

• attain〔reach〕 the prime达到全盛时期
• pass one's prime过了全盛时期

• woman at her prime风韵正佳的妇人
• in one's prime正当壮年
• past one's prime已过壮年

• prime of health最健康的时期
• prime of life壮年
• prime of the year春天
• prime of youth青春好时光,韶华

• prime well灌足
• prime fully完全掌握

• prime sb for a life on stage培养某人当演员
• prime a lamp with oil把油注入灯内

prime minister首相，总理

prime time黄金时间

deputy prime minister副总理；副首相

prime number素数

prime mover n. 原动力；发起者

prime of life生命全盛期，壮年

optimus prime擎天柱（动画片变形金刚中的角色）；柯柏文（动画片变形金刚中的角色）

prime location场所合适的，地段显眼的

prime factor[数]素因数；素因子

prime cost主要成本

prime target主要目标；战利品，擎天柱

prime suspect嫌疑重犯；主要嫌疑犯

prime rate最优惠利率；头等贷款最低利率

prime focus主焦点

prime contractor总承包人；主要承包商

prime ideal素理想

prime power素数幂；原动力；长行功率，常用功率；基本功率

prime coat[化]底漆，底涂层

prime meridian本初子午线；本初子午圈

1. He reached his prime and then, when he had the most to live for, he died.
   他到了壮年时期,该做出最大贡献,活得最好的时候,却死掉了。
2. We were well prime for the journey with a large breakfast.
   为了去旅行,我们早餐都吃得饱饱的。
3. What was said was of prime importance.
   说过的那件事是很重要的。
4. Britain has a queen, but it is the prime minister and the cabinet who govern.
   英国有女王,但执政的是首相和内阁。
5. The building is a prime example of 1960s architecture.
   这座大楼是20世纪60年代的典型建筑。

1. He died in the prime of his life.
   他在壮年时死去。
2. Young people are in their prime.
   年轻人风华正茂。
3. Many young soldiers were cut off in their prime.
   许多士兵都英年早逝。
4. She had the strength and sangfroid of a woman in the prime of life.
   她具有正值青春的少妇的力量和沉着。

1. It states that every even number greater than two can be expressed as the sum of two primes (a prime is a number that is only divisible by itself and by 1, such as 7 and 13).
   其陈述是：每一个大于2的偶数都可以表达成两个素数之和(素数是指只能被1和它本身整除的数，如7和13)。

1. She has been well primed about what to say.
   她已经有人指点,知道要说些什么。
2. You must prime the wood before you paint it.
   油漆这木制东西前,你得先在上面涂上底漆。

1. Peace is the prime objective of our foreign policy.
   我们把争取和平作为对外政策的首要任务。
2. The telecom hotels are prime targets for bombing.
   电信宾馆是轰炸的首要目标。