primacy
英['pra?m?s?]
美['pra?m?si]
- n. 首位；卓越；大主教的職位
詞態變化
復數:?primacies;
助記提示
1、prim- + -acy.
2、含義：office of a church primate, principal, chief, of the first rank.
中文詞源
primacy 首要，至高無上
來自prime,第一的，主要的，-acy,抽象名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- primacy (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French primacie (14c., in Modern French spelled primatie) and directly from Medieval Latin primatia "office of a church primate" (late 12c.), from Late Latin primas (genitive primatis) "principal, chief, of the first rank" (see primate).
雙語例句
- 1. a belief in the primacy of the family
- 家庭至上論
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Even in the 18th century scholars continued to give primacy to the written word.
- 甚至到了18世紀，學者們仍然將書面語放在第一位。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The political idea at the heart of this is the primacy of the individual.
- 其核心的政治觀點就是把個人放在首位。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was too proud of the primacy of his intelligence to listen.
- 他太自負,以其智力過人而不好好聽.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The primacy of the deed is over word and thought.
- 行動勝過語言和思想.
來自辭典例句