索引词：principal & principle
例文：这两个词发音相同，拼写非常相似，但词性、含义不同，它们在法律文件中出现的频率都很高，学习的时候应当格外注意。 (1) principal [ˈprinsəpəl] adj. = main 主要的，最重要的；n[C] ① 美国中小学校长；② 英国大学校长或学院院长；③ (singular) The amount of a debt, investment, or other fund, not including interest, earnings, or profits 本金；④ One who authorizes another to act on his or her behalf as an agent（代理关系中的）本人/委托人/被代理人；⑤ 负责人，主管人；⑥ 主债务人 principally [ˈprinsəpli] adv. = mainly 形容词principal及副词principally 形容词principal用作定语，在表示协议订立方的句式中常构成principal place of business（主要营业地点）的固定搭配。例如： [例1] “Environmental Laws” means Relevant Laws, being laws of which a principal objective is the preservation, protection or improvement of the Environment, and includes legislative provisions giving effect to international agreements concerning the Environment. “环境法”是指主要目标是保全、保护或者改善环境的相关法律，包括赋予国际环境协定效力的立法条文。 [例2] This Distributor Agreement (“Agreement”) is made by and between AAA, a company incorporated in Hong Kong, with its principal place of business at …, Hong Kong (“AAA”) and the authorized distributor identified below (“Distributor”) as of ___________, 2019 (“Effective Date”). 本经销协议（“《协议》”）由AAA——一家在香港注册成立的公司，其主要营业地在香港……（“AAA”），与下文确定的被授权经销商（“经销商”）于2019年××月××日订立（“生效日”）。 [例3] The Fund's investments will consist principally of loans to the Developer, and thus its investments will be undiversified and wholly dependent on the performance of the loans. 本基金从事的投资将主要由向开发商提供的贷款构成，因此该投资将会比较单一，完全取决于贷款的绩效。