adv. 首先;首要地,主要地;根本上;本来;
💡 prim=prime 第一,主要的 + ari + ly 表示如...的、有...特征的、属于...的 → ad.首先;主要地
"Though the Indian labor pool is large, it is also primarily unskilled."
印度的劳动力储备量很大, 可是基本上是没有技术的.
近义:mainly, chiefly, first, firstly, foremost, primitively
反义:secondly, subordinately
n. 顾客,客户;主顾;<口>家伙;
💡 custom习惯+er人→习惯进商店的人→顾客
"Administration costs are passed on to the customer."
行政费用转嫁给了消费者。
近义:patron, purchaser, shopper, vendee, buyer, costumier
反义:salesperson, venditor
n. 关系;联系;浪漫关系;血缘关系;
💡 relation关系+ship表名词 →(亲属)关系
"the causal relationship between poverty and disease"
贫穷与疾病的因果关系
近义:interrelation, link, linking, association, nexus, relation