一、详细释义:
adj.
最重要的;首要的;主要的
例句:
Drinking is a principal cause of traffic accidents.
酗酒是交通事故的主要原因。
例句:
My principal aim right now is to get well.
我目前的首要目标是把身体康复。
资本的;本金的
例句:
Creditors use financial statement analysis to know the safety of principal and the timeliness of interest.
债权人将利用财务报表分析来了解本金的安全性和利息的及时性。
例句:
The move by banks globally to make principal investments has led to fears over potential conflicts of interest.
银行在全球范围内进行资本投资,令人们担心其中可能存在潜在的利益冲突。
n.
首长;负责人 [C]
例句:
It shall make suggestions on rectification to the principal of the maritime administrative agency.
应当向海事管理机构负责人提出建议,予以改正。
例句:
The presiding hearer shall be designated by the principal of the public security organ.
听证主持人由公安机关负责人指定。
校长;院长 [C]
例句:
Lin came back to China in 1925 to work as principal of the Beiping State Vocational art School.
1925年,林风眠回国,任北平国立艺术专科学校校长。
例句:
The principal promised to investigate into that affair.
校长答应去调查那件事情。
主要演员,主角 [C]
例句:
This principal doesn't have a certificate.
主角没有证书。
例句:
Through it all Richard Nixon moved as if he were himself a spectator, not the principal.
尼克松自始至终表现得象旁观者,而不是主角。
资本;本金 [C]
例句:
Creditors use financial statement analysis to know the safety of principal and the timeliness of interest.
债权人将利用财务报表分析来了解本金的安全性和利息的及时性。
例句:
You should repay principal and interest.
你必须偿还本金和利息。
委托人,当事人 [C]
例句:
An agent is answerable to his principal.
代理人应对委托人负责。
例句:
The other party may demand that the principal ratify the contract within one month.
相对人可以催告被代理人在一个月内予以追认。
主犯 [C]
例句:
Indeed I was the principal in the crime.
我真正做了这个罪恶的主犯。
例句:
The police arrested one principal criminal and two accomplices.
警方一举拘捕了一名主犯和两名同案犯。
二、词义辨析:
chief,principal,main,major,leading,capital,foremost,primary
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。