primal

英 ['praɪm(ə)l] 美 ['praɪml]
  • adj. 原始的;主要的;最初的
  • n. 被压抑童年情绪的释放
  • vt. 释放(被压抑的童年情绪)

助记提示


1、prim- + -al.
2、含义:belonging to the earliest age.
3、Psychological sense, in reference to Freud's theory of behaviors springing from the earliest stage of emotional development.

双语例句


1. Money was a primal necessity to them.
对于他们,钱是主要的需要.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. He was the primal traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party's purity.
他是头号大叛徒, 第一个玷污了党的纯洁.

来自英汉文学

3. Jealousy is a primal emotion.
嫉妒是最原始的情感。

来自辞典例句

4. This India, the primal, has heen depressed.
原始的古印度却凹陷下去了.

来自辞典例句

5. Stars are born from a kind of primal soup known as the interstellar medium.
恒星是由一种称为星际介质的“原汤”形成的.

来自辞典例句

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