Mostly
['məʊs(t)lɪ] or ['mostli]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.
艾德蒙編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
ad. Mainly, chiefly, for the most part, for the greatest part.
赛勒斯錄入
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Mainly, chiefly, in_great_measure, for_the_most_part, {for_the_greatest_part},[See MAINLY]
整理:米切尔
例句/造句/用法:
- They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But men of your character are mostly so independent. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Norfolk was what he had mostly to talk of: there he had been some time, and everything there was rising in importance from his present schemes. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The Colonel had his office full of people, mostly from the neighboring States of Missouri and Kentucky, making complaints or asking favors. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- They spoke low, as people watching and waiting mostly do; as people in a dark room, watching and waiting for Lightning, always do. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Mostly they come for skill--or idleness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A new occasion was mostly spectacular to her. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Meyers never told his wife what horses he was playing and she won or lost, mostly lost, and talked all the time. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Miss Wade mostly lives abroad, Mr Clennam. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- When the son was a little child, it was up and down these stairs that he mostly came and went to his father. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- There were a great many people, mostly of the decent sort, at the bar. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They belonged mostly to the Caucasian group of races and to the blond and northern subdivision of the group, to the Nordic race that is. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- His troops were still east of the river, and the steamers that had carried Nelson's division up were mostly at Clarksville to bring Smith's division. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It was estimated that in 1770 there were fifteen thousand slaves in Britain, mostly brought over by their owners from the West Indies and Virginia. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- On Sundays he mostly lay all day on the sluice-gates, or stood against ricks and barns. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- A great variety of lamps was made of the platinum-iridium type, mostly with thermal devices to regulate the temperature of the burner and prevent its being melted by an excess of current. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- To improve such earthenware and to best decorate it, are the objects around which modern inventions have mostly clustered. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- He loved his mistress and John--the man who fed him--but was mostly indifferent to the rest of the world. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Mostly these men have worked against great discouragement, with insufficient funds and small help or support from the mass of mankind. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The molds are made of cast-iron in sections of such size and weight as will be most convenient for handling, mostly in pieces not exceeding two by four feet in rectangular dimensions. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Thimonnier made quite a large number of machines, constructed mostly of wood, and which were used to make army clothing at Paris. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- This is used mostly in tanning soft, glovey upper leather, which when finished makes a very tough yet soft and pliable leather for footwear. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The shops were blazing and packed with women, in the streets were men, mostly men, miners of all ages. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- They had been organized in guilds, and were mostly their own employers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And mostly in difficulties, yet mostly lavish, too, in the expensive articles of print and paper. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They were mostly silent, talking as their thoughts strayed through their minds. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Emaciated arms and legs attached to a torso which seemed to be mostly distorted abdomen completed the holy vision of her radiant beauty. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Mostly I slept in the mornings, and in the afternoons, sometimes, I went to the races, and late to the mechanotherapy treatments. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- They were mostly drawn from that which, when such distinctions existed, was denominated the lower rank of society. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The look and behaviour of everybody they had seen were discussed, except of the person who had mostly engaged their attention. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
整理:米切尔