第三人称复数：prime movers
名词原动力，发动者
1. 原动力,比如风力、水力,发起者,推动者：Prime minister 首相,总理 | Prime mover 原动力,比如风力、水力,发起者,推动者 | Prime time 电视的黄金时间
2. 原动机;推动装置：primary voltage 初级电压 | prime mover 原动机;推动装置 | priming valve 起动注水阀
1. 发起人；倡导者；主导者
The prime mover behind a plan, idea, or situation is someone who has an important influence in starting it.
e.g. He was the prime mover behind the coup...
他是这次政变的幕后指使人。
e.g. He has been named as the prime mover in the conspiracy to murder Carroll.
他已被公布是阴谋杀害卡罗尔的主谋。
noun
1. prime mover
1. an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause
e.g. God is the first cause
Synonym: first cause primum mobile