principal

英 ['pr?ns?p(?)l] 美['pr?ns?pl]

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復(fù)數(shù):?principals;

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

principal 主要的，最重要的，校長(zhǎng)，院長(zhǎng)，王公，小國(guó)君主

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)principal,主要的，最重要的，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)principalis,最重要的，來(lái)自princeps,國(guó)王，統(tǒng)治者，酋長(zhǎng)，詞源同prince.引申詞義名詞詞義校長(zhǎng)，院長(zhǎng)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.

1. The two principal combustion products are water vapor and carbon dioxide.: 兩種主要的燃燒產(chǎn)物是水蒸氣和二氧化碳。

2. City's principal marksman was Joe Harvey who scored seventeen goals.: 市隊(duì)的頭號(hào)射手是打進(jìn)17粒進(jìn)球的喬·哈維。

3. The students passed a motion of no-confidence in the college principal.: 學(xué)生們通過(guò)了對(duì)校長(zhǎng)進(jìn)行不信任投票的動(dòng)議。

4. Donald King is the principal of Dartmouth High School.: 唐納德·金是達(dá)特茅斯中學(xué)的校長(zhǎng)。

5. Stoppard had to recast four of the principal roles.: 斯托帕德只好更換4個(gè)主要角色的人選。