primary

主な、最も重要な

関係するほかの何よりも重要な。

やさしい英語で： More important than anything else involved.

• Safety is our primary concern.
• Her primary reason for moving was work.
• What is the primary purpose of this meeting?

類義語： main, chief, principal

反対語： secondary

よく使う表現： primary concern, primary purpose, primary responsibility

初等の、最初の

順序の最初に来る、または最も早い段階にある。

やさしい英語で： Coming first in a series or at the earliest stage.

• She teaches at a primary school.
• Children receive primary education before secondary education.
• The primary stage of the process takes two days.

類義語： first, initial

よく使う表現： primary school, primary education, primary stage

基本の、一次の

ほかのものを作ったり発展させたりする土台となる、基本的なもの。

やさしい英語で： Basic or simple, with other things built or developed from it.

• Red is a primary color in this paint set.
• Mixing primary colors produces other colors.
• The diagram shows the primary elements of the system.

類義語： basic, fundamental

反対語： secondary

よく使う表現： primary colors, primary colours, primary elements

一次の、初生の

後からほかのものが生じる前に、最初にできたもの。

やさしい英語で： Formed first, before later things develop from it.

• The rock still contains its primary minerals.
• Primary tissues form before later growth begins.
• Scientists examined the plant’s primary structure.

類義語： original, initial

反対語： secondary

よく使う表現： primary minerals, primary tissue, primary structure

予備選挙

本選挙の前に、政党の候補者を選んだり候補者を絞ったりする選挙。

やさしい英語で： An election to choose a party’s candidate for a later election, or to narrow the candidates.

• She won the primary.
• Voters will choose their candidate in Tuesday’s primary.
• Several states hold primaries next month.

類義語： primary election

よく使う表現： win a primary, presidential primary, party primary

小学校

中学校などに進む前に、幼い子どもが通う学校。

やさしい英語で： A school for young children before they move to secondary school.

• Our village has one primary.
• She teaches at the local primary.
• Both primaries are accepting new pupils.

類義語： primary school, elementary school

よく使う表現： local primary, village primary, attend a primary

原発巣

病気、特にがんが体内で最初に発生した場所。

やさしい英語で： The place in the body where a disease, especially cancer, first began.

• Doctors could not locate the primary.
• Tests showed that the primary was in the lung.
• The cancer had spread from a small primary.

類義語： primary site

よく使う表現： unknown primary, locate the primary, lung primary

小学一年

小学校の最初の学年や、その学年のクラス。

やさしい英語で： The first year or class in elementary school.

• The old register lists him in primary.
• Children in primary learned to read simple words.
• She entered primary when she was six.

類義語： first grade

よく使う表現： in primary, enter primary