同近义词辨析
principally, mainly, generally, largely, chiefly, primarily, mostly, greatly
这组词都有“主要地,大量地”的意思,其区别是:
mainly指主要部分,突出在一系列事物中的相对重要性。
chiefly侧重某人或某物在众多的人或物中占主要和显著地位。
双语例句
用作副词(adv.)
- Most linguists would say they were concerned primarily with the structure of languages.
大多数语言学家都会说,他们主要研究各种语言的结构。 - He is primarily liable for his debt.
他对债务负主要责任或他是主要债务人。 - This building was primarily intended to be a dinning hall.
这座建筑原来是打算用作餐厅的。 - Primarily a teacher, she later became a writer.
她原先是教师,后来成了作家。
权威例句
Nitric oxide circulates in mammalian plasma primarily as an S-nitroso adduct of serum albumin.Speech Recognition with Primarily Temporal CuesMitosis-specific phosphorylation of histone H3 initiates primarily within pericentromeric heterochromatin during G2 and spreads in a...A comparison of low-molecular-weight heparin administered primarily at home with unfractionated heparin administered in the hospital...Activation of Hypoxia-inducible Transcription Factor Depends Primarily upon Redox-sensitive Stabilization of Its α SubunitForming method for toilet seat integrally formed with embedded heating wire involves using primarily plastic material or glass fiber...FIGURES 137 148 in An illustrated key to Neotropical termite genera (Insecta: Isoptera) based primarily on soldiersActive transport of the endothelial cell protein C receptor occurs primarily in the G2 phase of the cell cycleGrowth, from melts, of single crystals of some rare earth metals, primarily yttrium and alloysThe moral judgment of the child.