primed

英 [praɪmd]

美 [praɪmd]

v.  事先指点; 使(某人)做好准备; 把(事物)准备好; 在(金属、木材等上)打底漆
prime的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：primed　

BNC.45131 / COCA.35608

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 主要的；首要的；最为重要的
  You useprimeto describe something that is most important in a situation.
  1. Political stability, meanwhile, will be a prime concern...
     同时，政治稳定性将放在首位。
  2. It could be a prime target for guerrilla attack...
     这可能是游击队进攻的主要目标。
  3. The police will see me as the prime suspect!
     警方会把我当作头号嫌疑人！
  4. Prime candidate to take over his job is Margaret Ramsay.
     接替他工作的首要人选是玛格丽特·拉姆齐。
• ADJ 优质的；一流的；上等的；最好的
  You useprimeto describe something that is of the best possible quality.
  1. It was one of the City's prime sites, near the Stock Exchange.
     这是伦敦最好的地段之一，离证券交易所很近。
• ADJ 最典型的；最有代表性的
  You useprimeto describe an example of a particular kind of thing that is absolutely typical.
  1. The prime example is Macy's, once the undisputed king of California retailers.
     最典型的例子是梅西百货，它曾经是加利福尼亚无可争辩的零售巨头。
• N-UNCOUNT 全盛时期；最活跃时期；最成功时期
  If someone or something isintheirprime, they are at the stage in their existence when they are at their strongest, most active, or most successful.
  1. Maybe I'm just coming into my prime now...
     也许我现在正要步入事业辉煌期。
  2. She was in her intellectual prime...
     在智力上，她正处于壮年。
  3. We've had a series of athletes trying to come back well past their prime.
     我们有些早已过了黄金期的运动员仍然想东山再起。
  4. ...young persons in the prime of life.
     风华正茂的年轻人
• VERB 事先指点；使做好准备
  If youprimesomeonetodo something, you prepare them to do it, for example by giving them information about it beforehand.
  1. Claire wished she'd primed Sarah beforehand...
     克莱尔真希望她事先指点过萨拉。
  2. Arnold primed her for her duties...
     阿诺德事先让她熟悉了自己的任务。
  3. The press corps was primed to leap to the defense of the fired officials.
     记者团获知信息后，立即声援被解雇官员。
• VERB 把（炸弹、枪支）装好
  If someoneprimesa bomb or a gun, they prepare it so that it is ready to explode or fire.
  1. He was priming the bomb to go off in an hour's time...
     他正在装炸弹，设定为在一个小时之内爆炸。
  2. Tom keeps a primed 10-foot shotgun in his office.
     汤姆在办公室放了一支装了子弹的10英尺长的猎枪。
• toprime the pump→ see:pump

双语例句

• They had been primed with good primed for action.
  他们事先得到了高人指点。
• We are primed in our plan and ready to start making things happen.
  我们的计划已完备，准备开始让事情发生。
• Arnold primed her for her duties
  阿诺德事先让她熟悉了自己的任务。
• Here's the EM field data that you're primed for.
  这是你们需要的电磁场区域资料。
• The press corps was primed to leap to the defense of the fired officials.
  记者团获知信息后，立即声援被解雇官员。
• In other circumstances, the brain might be primed for a certain color or shape.
  在其他环境中，大脑可能被某一种颜色或者形状启动。
• This data includes empty and primed caches and cookies.
  这些数据包括空的和主要的缓存和cookie。
• I was imagining that terrorists had been in my flat and had carefully primed a bomb to kill me.
  我想象恐怖分子躲在我屋子里，精心地布置了一枚炸弹，要杀我。
• This thing might be primed already.
  这东西可能快引爆了。
• The man on trial had been carefully primed by his lawyer.
  这个受审人已得到他律师的仔细指点。