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ADJ
主要的；首要的；最為重要的
You use prime to describe something that is most important in a situation.
例句
Political stability, meanwhile, will be a prime concern...
同時，政治穩定性將放在首位。
It could be a prime target for guerrilla attack...
這可能是游擊隊進攻的主要目標。
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ADJ
優質的；一流的；上等的；最好的
You use prime to describe something that is of the best possible quality.
例句
It was one of the City's prime sites, near the Stock Exchange.
這是倫敦最好的地段之一，離證券交易所很近。
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ADJ
最典型的；最有代表性的
You use prime to describe an example of a particular kind of thing that is absolutely typical.
例句
The prime example is Macy's, once the undisputed king of California retailers.
最典型的例子是梅西百貨，它曾經是加利福尼亞無可爭辯的零售巨頭。
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N-UNCOUNT
全盛時期；最活躍時期；最成功時期
If someone or something is in their prime, they are at the stage in their existence when they are at their strongest, most active, or most successful.
例句
Maybe I'm just coming into my prime now...
也許我現在正要步入事業輝煌期。
She was in her intellectual prime...
在智力上，她正處于壯年。
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VERB
事先指點；使做好準備
If you prime someone to do something, you prepare them to do it, for example by giving them information about it beforehand.
例句
Claire wished she'd primed Sarah beforehand...
克萊爾真希望她事先指點過薩拉。
Arnold primed her for her duties...
阿諾德事先讓她熟悉了自己的任務。
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VERB
把（炸彈、槍支）裝好
If someone primes a bomb or a gun, they prepare it so that it is ready to explode or fire.
例句
He was priming the bomb to go off in an hour's time...
他正在裝炸彈，設定為在一個小時之內爆炸。
Tom keeps a primed 10-foot shotgun in his office.
湯姆在辦公室放了一支裝了子彈的10英尺長的獵槍。