principal
adj[attrib 作定語]
first in rank or importance; chief; main 級別最高的; 最重要的; 為首的; 主要的
the principal members of the government 政府高級官員
The Danube is one of the principal rivers of Europe. 多瑙河是歐洲的主要河流之一.
The principal aim of the policy is to bring peace to the area. 該政策的主要目的是為給這一地區帶來和平.
The low salary is her principal reason for leaving the job. 工資太低是她辭去那工作的最重要的原因.
the principal beneficiaries of a will 遺囑中繼承遺產的主要受益人. Cf 參看 primary2. principal, n
1 (title of the) person with the highest authority in an organization, esp in certain schools and colleges 某組織的最高領導人(之稱號); (尤指某些學校和學院的)校長, 院長
the Principal of St James' College 圣詹姆斯學院院長.
2 person who takes a leading part in a play, an opera, etc (話劇、 歌劇等中的)主角, 主要演員.
3 (usu sing 通常作單數) (finance 財) money lent or invested on which interest is paid; capital sum 本金; 資本
repay principal and interest 付還本金和利息.
4 person for whom another acts as his agent, eg in business or law 被代理人, 委托人(如於商務或法律事務等)
I must consult my prinicipals before agreeing to your proposal. 我得同委托人商量後才能接受你的建議.
5 (law 律) person directly responsible for a crime (contrasted with an accessory or abetter) 主犯.
But some things are personal or private, and questions about them are not polite.
但是有些事是私人的,問這些方面的問題是不禮貌的。
Death is the grand leveller.
凡人都要死,大家都一樣。
Twenty or thirty pages of information handed to any of the major world powers around the year 1925 would have been sufficient to change the course of world history.