2[only before noun]SES especially British EnglishBrErelating to the education of children between 5 and 11 years old 小学教育的,初级教育的SYN American English elementary → secondary
a primary teacher
一名小学老师
primary education
小学教育
teaching at primary level
小学程度教学
3BEFOREhappening or developing before other things 原始的;最初的
a primary tumour
早期肿瘤
Counselling was given as a primary therapy for depression.
primary• No state yet to hold a primary has as many majormedia markets as Ohio.• The Arizona primary originally was expected to be a fight between Sen.• If it is later decided to compareprimaries, then equal-sized samples from each are likely to give greatest precision.• South Carolina holds the first primary in the South, with SuperTuesday following 10 days later.• In the Republicanprimaries, Dole has receivedsubstantial support from seniorcitizens, who trust one of their own vintage.
Its primary business is developing and marketing new software.
The primary problem for the airlines is the recession.
It uses coal as its primary source of fuel.
2FINANCE relating to shares, bonds etc when they are ISSUED (=sold for the first time), and the markets where they are sold, rather than shares etc that are traded later