principal

英 ['prɪnsəp(ə)l] 美['prɪnsəpl]

adj. 主要的；资本的
n. 首长；校长；资本；当事人

近义词 head important main primary dominant essential leading prominent chief foremost

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英英释义

1. the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

2. the educator who has executive authority for a school;: "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

3. an actor who plays a principal role

4. capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

5. the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

同义词辨析

chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary

这些形容词均含有"首要的，主要的"之意。

chief：指人时，表同类中职位最高，权力最大；指物时，表同类中最重要，价值最高。

principal：用于人时，指地位优于其他人；用于物时，指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。

main：通常只用于物。指在一定范围内，某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。

major：指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较，显得更加重要和突出。

leading：侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。

capital：着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。

foremost：侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。

primary：通常不用于人。用于物时，指在重要性方面占第一位。

headmaster, principal, president

这些名词均有"校长"之意。

headmaster：在英国指对中小学校长的一般称呼，尤指私立学校的校长。

principal：在英国可指大学校长、院长以及中小学校长，但在美国仅指中小学校长。

president：在美国专指大学的校长，在英国指学院院长。

词组搭配

principal in the first degree

考试真题

A Hills dale teacher who became principal last year, remembers sitting with other teachers watching students file out of a graduation ceremony and asking one another in astonishment, "How did that student graduate?

However,while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow, Over time,writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one:The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and……" No one talks like that casually — or should

In 2010,the Institution of Mechanical Engineers identified three principal emerging population groups across the world, based on characteristics associated with their current and projected stage of economic development.

And so your next step should be to discuss your concerns with your teacher or the principal.

The ninth-grader is advised to go to his teacher or the principal to discuss his concerns

They found that the principal requirement for what is called “global cascades” -the widespread propagation of influence through networks -is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people.

The United States is the product of two principal forces-the immigration of European peoples with their varied ideas, customs, and national characteristics and the impact of a new country which modified these traits.

In many parts of the world renewable energy is already a principal energy source.

They found that the principal requirement for what is called global cascades 一 the widespread propagation of influence through networks 一 is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people.

实用场景例句

The principal reason for this omission is lack of time.: 跳过它的主要原因是时间不足。

New roads will link the principal cities of the area.: 新建道路将连通这个地区的主要城市。

Peter Brown, principal of St John's college: 彼得·布朗，圣约翰学院院长

Principal Ray Smith: 雷·史密斯校长

The principal reason for my change of mind is this.: 这是我改变主意的最主要原因。

...the country's principal source of foreign exchange earnings...: 这个国家最主要的外汇收入来源

Donald King is the principal of Dartmouth High School.: 唐纳德·金是达特茅斯中学的校长。

Familiar with FA procedure and testing standards.: 熟悉FA流程和测试标准.

There is a shortage of principal.: 资金有些短缺.

When he saw the principal, he raised his hand in salutation.: 他看到校长时举手敬礼.

A principal criminal fell into the net.: 要犯落网.

The game is up; the principal knows the boys have been smoking in the basement.: 这下完了, 校长知道这些男孩们一直在地下室里抽烟.

Drinking is a principal cause of highway deaths.: 酗酒是公路死亡事故的最主要的原因.

The details of the principal cause are not known.: 主因未详.

The principal reproved the students for always staying away from school.: 那个校长责备了那几个学生,因为他们总好逃学.

The principal made another vain appeal for better equipment in the school laboratory.: 校长又一次请求增加学校实验设备,但又是一场空.

Ever since World War the United States has been Japan's principal trade partner.: 二次世界大战以来,美国一直是日本的主要贸易伙伴.

The judge examined the principal witness.: 法官询问了主要证人.

There was no school play because the principal withheld his consent.: 由于校长没同意,学校里没有举行比赛.

The principal castigate the student who have insult their teacher.: 校长谴责对老师不敬的学生.

I must consult my principal.: 我必须同委托人商量.

The book was kindly and favourably reviewed in the principal papers.: 这本书得到几家主要报纸的赞许和好评.

The principal tried to quiet the students.: 校长试图让学生们安静下来.

A group of students asked to see the principal.: 一批学生要求见校长.

中文词源

principal 主要的，最重要的，校长，院长，王公，小国君主

来自古法语principal,主要的，最重要的，来自拉丁语principalis,最重要的，来自princeps,国王，统治者，酋长，词源同prince.引申词义名词词义校长，院长等。

助记提示

1、prin- + cip- + -al.
2、字面含义：that takes first. => first in importance, principal, chief, "main, most important," of persons.

双语例句

1. The two principal combustion products are water vapor and carbon dioxide.: 两种主要的燃烧产物是水蒸气和二氧化碳。

2. City's principal marksman was Joe Harvey who scored seventeen goals.: 市队的头号射手是打进17粒进球的乔·哈维。

3. The students passed a motion of no-confidence in the college principal.: 学生们通过了对校长进行不信任投票的动议。

4. Donald King is the principal of Dartmouth High School.: 唐纳德·金是达特茅斯中学的校长。

5. Stoppard had to recast four of the principal roles.: 斯托帕德只好更换4个主要角色的人选。

英文词源

principal (adj.): c. 1300, "main, principal, chief, dominant, most important;" also "great, large," from Old French principal "main, most important," of persons, "princely, high-ranking" (11c.), from Latin principalis "first in importance; original, primitive," from princeps "first man, chief, leader" (see prince).
principal (n.): c. 1300, "ruler, governor;" also "main part;" from principal (adj.) or from or influenced by noun uses in Old French and Latin. From mid-14c. in the sense of "money on which interest is paid;" 1827 as "person in charge of a public school," though meaning "head of a college or hall" was in English from mid-15c.

词态变化

复数: principals;