la ) the royal princesses XjirAJ&in 0 Princess
Anne 2 the wife of a prince
Xfe;
A: the Princess of Wales J$,A±:X#2
0 Princess
Michael o/
people ( s%mm £ aitmw ) 4 m,
informal) used as a form of
address by a man to a girl or young woman ( )
AXM:
Is
something
the matter, princess? AA&fi?
.princess ‘royal noun a title often given to
the oldest daughter of a British king or queen -]££»
X, A^± ( H SMX^XXAiTO^). prin ci pal /‘prmsopl/ ody., noun »adj. [only before noun]
most important; main ftlSlcPX : The principal reason
for this omission is lack of time. o New roads will
link the principal cities
of the area. fflliSi&WiSMj&'T' ffeB(Kl±5c#lfro o note
at main ■ noun 1 (BrE) the person who is in
charge of a college or a university A ^ ^ ^
X: Peter Brown, prin
cipal of
amount of money that you
lend to sb or invest to earn interest A ; W 4 the person
who has the most important part in a play, an opera,
etc. XHM M; X$i 5 (technical A iff) a person that
you are representing, especially in business or law ( )
^*A, ^£A
.principal
‘boy noun
(BrE) the main male role in
a pantomime, usually played by a
woman ^SlSftrfjdJI )
.principal
‘girl noun (BrE) the main female role
in a pantomime
prin ci pal ity /.prinsi'paelati/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 ftf a country that is
ruled by a prince A
HI ; HII|: the principality of
Principality [sing.] (BrE)
.principal
'parts noun [pi.] (grammar i§&) the forms of
a verb from which all the other forms can be made. In English these are the
infinitive (for example swim), the past tense (swam) and the past
participle (swum). (,^fj
is] ) M
)
prin ciple o-w /‘prinsopl/ noun
1
[C, usually pi., U] a moral rule or a
strong belief that
influences your actions ilfSMM; ff A /ft Id; M ?£: He has high moral
principles, fife® AiS^0 0 1 refuse to lie
about it; it’s against my principles. fcl&A
AifcWtti!; IP IS If M M o 0 Stick to your
principles and tell him you won’t do it. g BPfjMId,
0 She refuses to allow her family to help
her as a matter of principle.
llrXMIdlFjfilo O He doesn’t invest in
the arms industry
on principle. A&^AXiA
2
[C] a law, a rule or a theory that sth is
based on
ffifcj; Mid; MS: the principles and
practice of writing reports 0fThe principle behind
it is
very simple. 0 There are three
fundamental principles of
teamwork.
@3IX A X X X A SAM i'J o O Discussing all these
details will get us nowhere; we must get back to first principles (= the most basic rules).
—
MdllddtAMMdJhAc
3 [C]
a belief that is accepted as a reason for acting or thinking in a particular
way
MM69)M&, the principle that free
education should be available
for all children JLliliP 4 [sing.] a general or scientific
law that explains how sth works or why sth happens^#; Xf^MS: the principle that
heat rises ITilTl in 'principle 1 if something can be
done in
principle, there is no good reason why it
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should not be done although
it has not yet been done and there may be some difficulties MldX; Si£±: In principle there is
nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be able to do one day. MMX, & A W-A, 2
in
general
but not in detail A^X;
SAX: They
have agreed to the proposal in principle but we still have to negotiate the
terms. ummmmM&m
prin cipled /'prinsopld/ adj. 1 having strong
beliefs about what is right and wrong; based on strong beliefs mwmaw; If a prin
cipled woman M I# M Id ftfj A A 0 to take a principled
stand against abortion A &
SI Sp M
Id IX al 022 unprincipled 2 based on rules or truths dS^Mfid ( 2% A ) PX a principled approach
to language teaching
print On* /pnnt/ verb, noun m
verb
3
LETTERS/PICTURES g[ A 1 to produce letters,
pictures, etc. on paper using a machine that puts ink on the
surface X^ftXEP; ff Ep: [VN] Do you want your
address printed at the top of the letter? MlIXllMMMEpX'fjlffft 31 #96 ? o I’m printing a copy
of the document for you. fc JEXftHdXO Each card is printed
with a different message. # dk
X A HJ Ep # X H] A jg E „ o [V]
(computing if) Click on the icon when
you want to print.
4
BOOKS/NEWSPAPERS X U 2 [VN] to produce
books, newspapers, etc. by printing them in large quantities Ep id; They printed 30 000 copies
of the book. iA AX Mill
£PT 3 Tjfo
5
PUBLISH X Wl 3 [VN] to publish sth
in printed form
® H; fJ ® ; A ^ : The photo was printed
in all the national newspapers. £ftA0
6
PHOTOGRAPH 0Ji' 4 [VN] to produce a
photograph from a film Ep ; M i% : I’m having the
pictures developed and printed.
7
WRITE X V 5 to write without
joining the letters
together ffiepSHUW ( ) : [V] In
some countries children
learn to print when they first go to school. fEfi&mm,
0 [VN] Print your name and
address clearly in the space provided.
8
MAKE MARK ® ^ M 6 [VN] ~ sth (in/on
sth) to make a
mark on a soft surface by
pressing ( )Xfe
Ep, Ep X :
The
tracks of the large animal were clearly printed in the sand. & K A %} JE ii Wr M Ep fE
ff X o 0 (figurative) The
memory of that day was indelibly printed on his brain. IPM&9
lilo
9
MAKE DESIGN Ep g| % 7 [VN] to make a design
on a surface or cloth by pressing a surface against it which has been coloured
with ink or dye Ep (
JUJU ) ; Ep%k: They had printed their own design on the
T-shirt.
Mil'll
fT7m the .printed
word/'page what is published in
books, newspapers, etc.
ep^XdtXWAX; XXJA^; Ep id pp); the power of the
printed word XXJ AXW Aft
—
more at licence n., worth adj. .print sth^
off/' out to produce a document
or information from a computer in printed form ( fk if M- jJl X T fT Ep ft
—
related noun printout ■ noun
10
LETTERS/NUMBERS X ; Kc X 1 [U] letters, words,
numbers, etc. that have been printed onto paper £pid X W: in large/smalVbold
print
O The print quality of
the new laser printer is superb, if ^AfTepWtt WftMTo — see
also small print
11
NEWSPAPERS/BOOKS M 2 [U] used to refer to
the business of producing newspapers, magazines and books Ep id ff'!dk; ib ft& !?•: the print media
EpW)MW‘<> print unions ZblSikX^-
12
MARK 3 [C, usually pi.] a mark left by
your finger, foot, etc. on the surface of sth tX; X fP; MEp-,
: His prints were found
on the gun. Xd^XASft TM Wda tSto — see also fingerprint, footprint(I)