Mainly
['meɪnlɪ] or ['menli]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree.
(adv.) Principally; chiefly.
校對:拉弗尔斯
同義詞及近義詞:
ad. Chiefly, principally, in the main.
手打:尼尔
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Principally, largely, chiefly, primarily
ANT:Somewhat, partially, slightly, subordinately
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例句/造句/用法:
- Judaism is indeed the reconstructed political ideal of many shattered peoples--mainly Semitic. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Undoubtedly the change was mainly a product of contemporary conditions. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- This was mainly due to Arkwright, a contemporary of Hargreaves. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I think that I should prefer to carry on the argument mainly on my own behalf. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- On September 20th occurred a battle, mainly an artillery encounter, at Valmy. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Steel making consists mainly in so treating cast iron as to get rid of a part of the carbon and other impurities. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Its followers were mainly slaves, soldiers, and distressed people. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A mandarin's education in China is, mainly, learning to read. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is mainly wood pulp that has enabled books and newspapers to be made so cheaply, for they are now furnished at a less price than the cost of the paper made in the old way from rags. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The warm-hearted, faithful old man acknowledged that he had written mainly for the pleasure of writing to me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Savage groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps adults loyal to their group. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The age of inventions in the times of the ancients rested mainly upon simple applications of these mechanical powers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Prior to 1871, inventions in this art were mainly directed to perfecting the structure of this primary gin. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It remains to say a few words upon subject matter as social, since our prior remarks have been mainly concerned with its intellectual aspect. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- At first the mental activities of Alexandria centred upon the Museum, and were mainly scientific. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Knowledge which is mainly second-hand, other men's knowledge, tends to become merely verbal. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It was a simple mechanism which consisted mainly of two steel fingers that moved back and forth and twisted a wire band around each sheaf of grain. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- North of the Mason and Dixon line farming was practised mainly upon British or Central European lines by free white cultivators. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They had accomplished much, but it was the work mainly of empirics. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Clarke, who devoted himself mainly to engineering matters, and later on acted as chief engineer of the Edison Electric Light Company for some years. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I thought this curious--but I attributed it mainly to some clumsiness on the Superintendent's part which might have offended the young lady. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They were a horde of nomadic horsemen living in tents, and subsisting mainly upon mare's milk products and meat. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Its windows are mainly east; and in the early morning, when the sun is bright, the whole apartment is in a perfect blaze of splendour. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The stock is mainly held in England, having been bought from the Khedive of Egypt. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Captain Prime, of the Engineer Corps, was the chief, and the work at the beginning was mainly directed by him. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- One group of creatures is of peculiar interest in a history that is mainly to be the story of mankind. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It was mainly in the hands of Greeks, who were in many cases slaves. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- On the contrary, his interest centered in the practical; and he was mainly concerned with scientific theory by reason of its application in the arts. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I ventured to tell you that my father's influence and advice had mainly decided me to give you my promise. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In some cases we might easily put down to disuse modifications of structure which are wholly, or mainly due to natural selection. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
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