mainly

英 [ˈmeɪnli]

美 [ˈmeɪnli]

adv.  主要地; 首要地; 大部分; 大多

CET4CET6IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1343 / COCA.2805

牛津词典

adv.

• 主要地；首要地
  more than anything else; also used to talk about the most important reason for sth
  1. They eat mainly fruit and nuts.
     他们主要吃水果和坚果。
  2. ‘Where do you export to?’ ‘France, mainly.’
     “你们出口到哪里？”“主要是法国。”
  3. The population almost doubles in summer, mainly because of the jazz festival.
     主要由于爵士音乐节的缘故，在夏季这里的人口几乎比平时多一倍。
• 大部分；大多
  used to talk about the largest part of a group of people or things
  1. The people in the hotel were mainly foreign tourists.
     酒店里住的大多是外国游客。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 主要地;大部分地
  You usemainlywhen mentioning the main reason or thing involved in something.
  1. The stock-market scandal is refusing to go away, mainly because there's still no consensus over how it should be dealt with...
     股票市场的丑闻迟迟没有消散，这主要是因为人们仍未就如何应对它达成共识。
  2. The birds live mainly on nectar.
     这些鸟主要以花蜜为食。
• ADV 主要地；大多数地
  You usemainlywhen you are referring to a group and stating something that is true of most of it.
  1. The African half of the audience was mainly from Senegal or Mali...
     观众中有一半是非洲人，其中大多数来自塞内加尔或马里。
  2. The spacious main bedroom is mainly blue.
     宽敞的主卧室以蓝色为主色调。

英英释义

adv

• for the most part
  1. he is mainly interested in butterflies
  Synonym:chieflyprincipallyprimarilyin the main

双语例句

• The birds live mainly on nectar.
  这些鸟主要以花蜜为食。
• I think I've been very selfish. I've been mainly concerned with myself.
  我觉得我一直非常自私。总是只关心自己。
• The Pike lives mainly in large rivers and lakes
  狗鱼主要生活在大江大湖中。
• The Yi nationality is distributed mainly over Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces.
  彝族主要分布在云南、四川和贵州三省。
• Their ire was directed mainly at the government.
  他们的怒火主要指向政府。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.
  思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。
• At one time the schools were mainly attached to the church.
  这些学校曾一度归教会主管。
• There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off
  还有几次事故主要是起飞时引擎出现故障造成的。
• It is mainly because of my fault.
  这主要是由于我的过错。
• She has a microwave, but uses it mainly for defrosting bread
  她有个微波炉，不过主要用来解冻面包。