principally

英 [ˈprɪnsəpli]

美 [ˈprɪnsəpli]

adv.  主要地

CET6

Collins.1 / BNC.5677 / COCA.10478

牛津词典

adv.

• 主要地
  mainly
  1. The book is aimed principally at beginners.
     这本书主要是为初学者编写的。
  2. No new power stations have been built, principally because of the cost.
     没有新建的发电站，主要是因为经费问题。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 主要地；首要地；最重要地
  Principallymeans more than anything else.
  1. This is principally because the major export markets are slowing...
     这主要是因为主要出口市场发展缓慢。
  2. Embryonic development seems to be controlled principally by a very small number of master genes.
     胚胎发育似乎主要受制于少数主导基因。

英英释义

adv

• for the most part
  1. he is mainly interested in butterflies
  Synonym:chieflyprimarilymainlyin the main

双语例句

• He dealt principally with ethiopia.
  他主要和埃塞俄比亚打交道。
• The programme of such a government must principally provide for: first, resistance to foreign aggression;
  这个政府的主要纲领，必须：第一，是能够抵抗外侮的。
• All evaporators are principally comprised of the same components.
  所有的蒸发器基本上都是由同样的生产组件构成。
• Nonspecific cellular defense mechanisms in the lung rest principally on epithelial cell elements and several types of phagocytic cell.
  肺中非特异性细胞防御机理主要在于表皮细胞和几种有吞噬作用的细胞。
• Termites are principally tropical in distribution.
  白蚁主要分布在热带地区。
• Knowledge and responsibilities for such issues reside principally in private sector or public institutions thought of as domestic.
  解决这些议题所需要的知识和责任，主要掌握在被认为属于国内机构的私人部门或公共机构手中。
• Our party was composed principally of Japanese and americans, with an admixture of hungarians.
  我们的聚会主要由日本人和美国人组成，外加一些匈牙利人。
• The New Multilateralism will still depend principally on national leadership and cooperation.
  新多边体系的建立仍将主要取决于各国领导层及其合作。国家举足轻重。
• As a cogeneration places listed companies, the company derives its revenue principally from electricity and heat.
  作为一家地方热电联产上市公司，公司主要收入来自电力和热力。
• These are placing a heavy burden on their export and import-competing sectors, principally agriculture and manufacturing.
  这些压力正对上述国家的出口和进口竞争产业造成沉重的负担，尤其是对农业和制造业。