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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2225 COCA: 3124

principal

Word family 
prin·ci·pal1 /ˈprɪnsəpəl/ ●●○ W2 AWL adjectiveadj [only before noun] → principle
MAINmost important 最重要的，首要的；主要的 SYN main
His principal reason for making the journey was to visit his family.
他那次旅程的首要目的是探訪家人。
Teaching is her principal source of income.
教書是她主要的收入來源。
the principal character in the book
書裏的主人公
► see thesaurus at important, main
→ principally
Examples from the Corpus
principal• The principal component, as always, is lack of language proficiency.• And in fact public shaming was one of the principal functions of police registration and surveillance.• The principal method of inquiry is analysis of company records and other contemporary sources.• Drafting cables to be dispatched to Washington is one of the principal occupations of the foreign service officer in the field.• Your taxes depend on where your principal residence is located.• After about two miles, I take the left fork and keep to the principal route.• Oil is the country's principal source of income.• The important properties of these three principal volcanic rock groups can be summarized in simple tables.
Related topics: Education, Performing, Finance
principal2 ●●○ noun
1  school 學校 [countableC] American EnglishAmESE someone who is in charge of a school 〔中小學的〕校長 SYN British English headteacher
a small school with just three teachers and the principal
只有三位老師和一位校長的小型學校
► see thesaurus at teacher
2. university/college 大學/學院SE [countableC] British EnglishBrE someone who is in charge of a university or college 大學校長，學院院長
3  business 商業 [countableC] American EnglishAmE the main person in a business or organization, who can make important business decisions and is legally responsible for them 〔企業或機構的〕負責人
The principal of the business has an office in New York.
這家公司的負責人在紐約有一處辦公室。
4  performer 表演者 [countableC]AP the main performer in a play or in a group of musicians, dancers etc 〔戲劇、音樂等演出的〕主角，主要演員
She later became a principal with the Royal Ballet.
她後來成了皇家芭蕾舞團的主要演員。
5. money 錢 [singular] technicalBFMONEY the original amount of money that is lent to someone, not including any of the interest 本金
Examples from the Corpus
principal• Insured bonds carry a pledge from a private backer to pay interest and principal on the bonds if the issuer defaults.• Another teacher who moved me was an assistant principal named Cho, who doubled as a history teacher.• His comments on Paul Caton, the deputy principal, were gratuitously offensive.• Each son has a career in education -- three teachers and one principal.• Major Jack Tilley warmed up the troops much in the fashion of a jovial high school principal preparing students for graduation.• Once, after he had been absent a fortnight, the principal tackled his parents.• In the course of acting for each of their principals, estate agents will acquire information confidential to that principal.• The government will also receive inflation-adjusted 12 percent interest on the unpaid principal.
From Longman Business Dictionary
principalprin·ci·pal1 /ˈprɪnsəpəl/ noun
1[singular]FINANCE the original amount of a loan, not including any of the interest that is paid
The loan amounts outstanding totaled about $32.2 million in principal and $2.2 million in interest.
No principal is due for repayment until next year.
2[countableC] an important person, manager etc in some types of organization, who may be legally responsible for its actions
Mr O'Brien is a principal of the Law and Economics Consulting Group.
3[countableC]LAW the actual buyer and the seller in a business deal, rather than the people who represent them, or BROKERs who buy and sell for them
None of the principals would comment on the purchase price.
principalprincipal2 adjectiveadj
1most importantSYN MAIN
Portland is one of the principal unloading points for Japanese automobiles.
Gulf’s strategy of concentrating on its principal business of oil and gas production
As principal shareholders in the company, no one has a greater interest in its management.
Baxter Healthcare is the principal subsidiary of Baxter International Inc. (=the largest company owned by them).
Teaching is her primary source of income.
the country’s principal trading partner
2FINANCE relating to the original amount of a loan, rather than any interest
The total principal amount of debentures being sold was increased to $75 million.
A new government may be unwilling to repay interest on the principal sum loaned.
Origin principal1
(1200-1300) Old French Latin principalis, from princeps; → PRINCE
prin·ci·pal1 adjectiveadjprincipal2 noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2225 COCA: 3124
principal

noun

ADJECTIVE➤college, school (especially NAmE) 大學／學校校長➤elementary-school, high-school, middle-school (all NAmE) 小學校長；高中校長；初中校長➤independent-school, private-school, public-school (all NAmE) 私立學校校長；公立學校校長➤assistant, vice校長助理；副校長  ➡ note at job
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2225 COCA: 3124
principal noun
⇨ professorprincipal adj.
⇨ main
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2225 COCA: 3124
principal
Most important: main, basic, primary...
Actors and actresses: actor, actress, body double...
People who play musical instruments or write music: accompanist, bandsman, bassist...
Non-teaching staff of schools and colleges: bursar, chancellor, dean...
Teachers and principals: class teacher, coach, educator...
Relating to borrowing money and owing money: borrowing, borrowing powers, call it quits...
Miscellaneous legal terms: abatable, accession, accrual...

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