principal

英 ['pr?ns?p(?)l] 美['pr?ns?pl]

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復數(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，院長，王公，小國君主

來自古法語principal,主要的，最重要的，來自拉丁語principalis,最重要的，來自princeps,國王，統(tǒng)治者，酋長，詞源同prince.引申詞義名詞詞義校長，院長等。

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.: 兩種主要的燃燒產物是水蒸氣和二氧化碳。

2. City's principal marksman was Joe Harvey who scored seventeen goals.: 市隊的頭號射手是打進17粒進球的喬·哈維。

3. The students passed a motion of no-confidence in the college principal.: 學生們通過了對校長進行不信任投票的動議。