mostly
英 [ˈməʊstli]
美 [ˈmoʊstli]
adv. 主要地; 一般地; 通常
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2234 / COCA.1324
同义词辨析
largelychieflygreatlymostly【导航词义：主要地】
largelyadv. 主要地，大部分
〔辨析〕
指范围或程度上占大半地。
〔例证〕
This small country is largely located in the desert.
这个小国家大部分地区位于沙漠中。
Her success was largely due to luck.
她的成功主要靠运气。
这个小国家大部分地区位于沙漠中。
Her success was largely due to luck.
她的成功主要靠运气。
chieflyadv. 主要地
〔辨析〕
指作为非常重要的成分但并非全部地。
〔例证〕
Air consists chiefly of nitrogen.
空气主要由氮气组成。
Cattle feed chiefly on grass.
牛主要以草为食。
空气主要由氮气组成。
Cattle feed chiefly on grass.
牛主要以草为食。
greatlyadv. 〈正式〉大大地，非常
〔辨析〕
主要用于强化程度，不修饰形容词，通常用于动词或分词前。
〔例证〕
the greatly increased risk
大大增加的风险
He was greatly hurt.
他深受伤害。
I was greatly moved by his kindness.
他的善良令我极为感动。
大大增加的风险
He was greatly hurt.
他深受伤害。
I was greatly moved by his kindness.
他的善良令我极为感动。
mostlyadv. 大部分，多半
〔辨析〕
指数量等方面占多半。
〔例证〕
The members of the party are mostly workers.
该党的成员大部分为工人。
The men at the party were mostly fairly young.
参加聚会的男子大都非常年轻。
We mostly go out on Saturdays.
我们星期六一般不在家。
该党的成员大部分为工人。
The men at the party were mostly fairly young.
参加聚会的男子大都非常年轻。
We mostly go out on Saturdays.
我们星期六一般不在家。
牛津词典
adv.
- 主要地；一般地；通常
mainly; generally- The sauce is mostly cream.
这沙司主要是奶油。 - We're mostly out on Sundays.
我们星期天一般不在家。
- The sauce is mostly cream.
柯林斯词典
- ADV 大多;多半;主要地
You usemostlyto indicate that a statement is generally true, for example true about the majority of a group of things or people, true most of the time, or true in most respects.- I am working with mostly highly motivated people...
和我共事的人大多积极性极高。 - Cars are mostly metal.
轿车的大部分部件是金属制造的。 - ...men and women, mostly in their 30s...
大多为30多岁的男男女女 - Her own twelve pictures sold fairly well, mostly to friends and family...
她自己的12幅画卖得相当好，多半卖给了朋友和家人。 - They have mostly invested their money in expensive real estate.
他们已把钱主要投资到昂贵的房地产业了。
- I am working with mostly highly motivated people...
英英释义
adv
- in large part
- These accounts are largely inactive
- usually
- by and large it doesn't rain much here
双语例句
- The scheme mostly benefits people in the North and Midlands.
该方案主要的受益者是北部和中部地区的人们。 - The chapter is mostly wordy rhetoric.
这一章多为冗长的华丽词藻。 - Since 1804 the country has mostly been ruled by tyrants.
自1804年以来，该国大部分时间都处于暴君的统治之下。 - Timothy was crying, mostly from exhaustion, and his nose was running.
蒂莫西正在哭泣，主要是因为太累了，而且他还流着鼻涕。 - The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this.
美国国会和媒体大都没搞清这一切的核心问题。 - Back then, women on TV were mostly seen as eye candy
那时候，电视中的女性大多都被看作花瓶。 - He wants to set up a profit-making company, owned mostly by the university.
他想成立一家主要归这所大学所有的营利性公司。 - Her own twelve pictures sold fairly well, mostly to friends and family
她自己的12幅画卖得相当好，多半卖给了朋友和家人。 - She was counting out 30p, mostly in small change, into my hand.
她数出了30便士——大部分是零钱——递给了我。 - I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.
我见到了这帮小伙子，他们多数和我年龄相仿。