principal是什么意思_principal怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

most important element;"the chief aim of living"
"the main doors were of solid glass"
"the principal rivers of America"
"the principal example"
"policemen were primary targets"
"the master bedroom"
"a master switch"

中英词源

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。

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

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权威造句

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。

近反义词

adj.

capital

chief

first

main

primary

dean

headmaster

相似短语

principal to principal transaction 【经】货主与货主间的交易

business from principal to principal 人对人的生意

business through principal to principal 本人间直接交易见business on profit.

both principal and interest 本利合计

conjugate principal point 共轭主点

guaranty principal 被保证本人

notional principal 象征性本金在利率交换(*interest rate swap)契约中，本金本身并未参与交换，故称象征性本金。

unnamed principal 隐名的委托人

debtor principal 【经】主要债务人

doctrine of undisclosed principal 【法】隐名代理原则

单词分析

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。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。

记忆方法

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

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