chiefly
英 [ˈtʃiːfli]
美 [ˈtʃiːfli]
adv. 主要地; 首要地
Collins.1 / BNC.7032 / COCA.11035
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；首要地
not completely, but as a most important part- We are chiefly concerned with improving educational standards.
我们主要关心的是提高教育水平。 - He's travelled widely, chiefly in Africa and Asia.
他游历了许多地方，主要在非洲和亚洲。
- We are chiefly concerned with improving educational standards.
柯林斯词典
- ADV 主要地;最重要地
You usechieflyto indicate that a particular reason, emotion, method, or feature is the main or most important one.- He joined the consular service, chiefly because this was one of the few job vacancies...
他到领事馆工作，主要因为那是仅有的几个空缺职位之一。 - His response to attacks on his work was chiefly bewilderment.
听到别人对自己工作的指责，他的反应主要是困惑。
- He joined the consular service, chiefly because this was one of the few job vacancies...
英英释义
adv
- for the most part
- he is mainly interested in butterflies
双语例句
- He joined the consular service, chiefly because this was one of the few job vacancies
他到领事馆工作，主要因为那是仅有的几个空缺职位之一。 - The Hollanders, who founded New Netherland, and the French Huguenots left their mark chiefly on commerce.
开拓新尼德兰的荷兰人和法国雨格诺教徒主要只在商业上留下了痕迹。 - Some solid fuels, such as wood and coal, are chiefly composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
某些固体燃料，例如木头和煤，主要是由碳、氢和氧构成。 - Their diet chiefly consists of grain and vegetables.
他们的饮食主要是谷类和蔬菜。 - A genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers.
美国热带豆科的一个主要的属，长有大花和三叶的叶子。 - Changes in society are due chiefly to the development of the internal contradictions in society.
社会的变化，主要地是由于社会内部矛盾的发展。 - At the time, kindred were linked together chiefly through the band of their maternity.
那时联系亲属的纽带以母方为主。 - My interest in him chiefly centres in his quick mind.
我对他的兴趣主要在于他思路敏捷。 - Rice is grown chiefly in the south.
水稻主要产在南方。 - Chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom.
主要在地中海地区和西亚的每年落叶的灌木或小乔木；金雀花。