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.

中文词源


primal 原始的,最初的

来自prime,第一的,最初的,首要的,-al,形容词后缀。

英文词源


primal (adj.)
c. 1600, "belonging to the earliest age," from Medieval Latin primalis "primary," from Latin primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). Psychological sense, in reference to Freud's theory of behaviors springing from the earliest stage of emotional development, is attested from 1918. Primal scream is from a best-selling book of 1971.

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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