prime
US:/praɪm/
UK:/praɪm/
n.:
盛年；年富力强的时期；鼎盛时期
adj.:
主要的；首要的；基本的；优质的
v.:
事先指点；使（某人）做好准备；把（事物）准备好
adv.:
妙极
网络:
春心荡漾；质数；最好的
Word forms: (第三人称单数) primes (现在分词) priming (过去式) primed
Examples
1.
Before you start reading, prime your mind by asking what you're hoping to get out of your reading session.
在开始阅读前，你需要问清楚自己：我究竟要从中获得什么？
2.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said "common sense" had prevailed that he was ready to host a donors conference for Kenya in London.
英国首相布朗（GordonBrown）认为这是“共识”的胜利，他准备在伦敦召开援助肯尼亚的会议。
3.
Mr Medvedev claimed that no Russian threat against Ukraine exists, as if he were unaware of his prime minister's statements.
梅德韦杰夫声称，俄罗斯对乌克兰不构成任何威胁——他仿佛对本国总理的声明一无所知。
4.
He's not a populist at all. He's sort of a typical throwback to the Japanese prime minister of yore, the faceless grey suits.
他一点也不受欢迎，他有点像是退回到传统典型的日本首相，面无表情地身着灰色西装。
5.
"If someone asks you to help take a photo of him, watch out: this is a prime opportunity for thieves. "
“如果有人请你帮忙为其拍照，保持警惕：这是小偷下手的最好时机。”
6.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the crash was the most tragic event of the country's post World War II history.
唐纳德·塔斯克总理说，此次坠机事故是二战后波兰遭遇的最大悲剧。
7.
The WFP director said he sought to make this point in a meeting Thursday, with Burma's prime minister.
世界粮食计划署负责人莫里斯说，他星期四和缅甸总理会晤时试图阐明这一点。
8.
Now Peru is trying to make better use of one of its prime resources, in two ways.
现今秘鲁试图采用两种方式利用其原始资源之一。
9.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he was "very saddened" and promised to channel "emotions and energies" into a course of action.
印度总理曼莫汉·辛格说，他对这起事件感到“非常痛心”，并且承诺要引导公众的“情绪和力量”转变成实际行动。
10.
It is also, as an old schoolmate of the prime minister's puts it to me, "all men, men, men. Not a woman in it. "
作为首相的老党派人士，民主党对我灌输：“民主党全是男人，男人，男人。民主党中不包括任何一个女人。”