• adj. 主要的；資本的
• n. 首長；校長；資本；當事人

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。

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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。

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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。

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4. Donald King is the principal of Dartmouth High School.

唐納德·金是達特茅斯中學的校長。

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5. Stoppard had to recast four of the principal roles.

斯托帕德只好更換4個主要角色的人選。

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