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mainly

/meyn-lee/US // ˈmeɪn li //UK // (ˈmeɪnlɪ) //

主要是,主要是指,主要,主要为

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : chiefly; principally; for the most part; in the main; to the greatest extent: Our success was due mainly to your efforts. The audience consisted mainly of students.
    • : Obsolete. greatly; mightily; abundantly.

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Examples

  • Readings are mainly in the upper 20s to lower 30s for afternoon highs.

  • The first of the four arrives Thursday afternoon or evening, when light snow is expected mainly in areas south of the Beltway.

  • Temperatures should fall enough tonight for additional light accumulation to occur, mainly north of the Beltway.

  • Some precipitation, mainly light, will try to break out from midnight to predawn.

  • They were mainly well west and northwest into the mountains.

  • But news of the classes is spread mainly by word of mouth, and participants bring along their friends and families.

  • Atefeh says the participants in the underground classes she attends are mainly young women.

  • Cricket is a sport enjoyed by hundreds of millions around the globe, mainly in former British colonies.

  • The differences in overall victimization are driven mainly by the incidences of completed rape.

  • As a writer, I tried mainly to stick close to the concrete particulars of the events and the performances I was describing.

  • In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.

  • He came later, and Harry, the black-haired boy, was mainly responsible for his coming.

  • The country is undulating and beautiful, mainly devoted to Grass, Wheat and Wood, and in the very highest condition.

  • I follow F. mainly, and note all but very trifling variations from it.

  • Great Britain is full of wealth, not entirely but mainly because her people are constantly producing.

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