mostly 详细解释

mostly

['məustli]

adv.主要地, 通常

ad.

1. 大多数地, 大部分地; 主要地

Lizards live mostly in warm climates.

蜥蜴主要生长在气候温暖的地方。

The audience consisted mostly of women.

观众多数是妇女。

2. 一般地, 通常

We are mostly out on Sundays.

星期天我们一般不在家。

词义辨析

同义:

ad.主要地; 差不多

mainly  chiefly  nearly  almost all  

同义参见:

especially  usually  

英英释义

副词 mostly:

in large part; mainly or chiefly

同义词：largely, for the most part

usually; as a rule

同义词：by and large, generally, more often than not

补充

mostlymostly英:[ˈməustli] 美:[ˈmostli]adv.1.大部分, 主要地, 多半, 通常She uses her car mostly for driving to work.她的汽车主要用于上下班。He has the occasional cigarette, but mostly he smokes a pipe.他偶尔抽香烟, 但通常是抽烟斗。

例句

1. Rattlesnakes hunt mostly at night.响尾蛇通常在夜晚捕猎。 2. The teachers are mostly quite nice.老师几乎都是非常和善的。 3. She had an exciting career, mostly in Birmingham.她原来的工作非常有意思, 多半时间在伯明翰。 4. Her pictures sold well, mostly to friends and family.她的画卖得很好, 大多都卖给了朋友和家人。 5. Cars are mostly metal.汽车主要由金属制成。 6. a company whose assets consist mostly of human beings一家以人为主要财富的公司 7. She had kept quiet mostly because she didn't want to damage her teaching career.她没有声张主要是因为她不想毁了自己的教师生涯。 8. She had rented the property at Grande Baie mostly for its view.她租下了格兰特海湾的房子, 主要为了它的风景。 9. this is mostly a grim and honest budget.这基本上是个严格而诚实的预算。 10. I practised mostly all day.我一般全天都在练习。 11. Our students come mostly from Japan.我们的学生大多来自日本。 12. "He gets around mostly [=mainly, chiefly] by car. [=he usually uses a car to get around]"他出行主要靠开车。 13. "“What did you do this weekend?” “I worked in the yard, mostly.” [=I spent most of my time working in the yard]"“这个周末你干什么了？”“我大部分时间是在院子里干活。” 14. I concentrated mostly [=mainly] on getting good grades when I was in college.上大学时，我把主要精力都用在取得好成绩上。 15. The story was mostly accurate. [=most of the story was accurate]这个报道基本上是准确的。 16. The people at the concert were mostly older people. [=most of the people were older people]这场音乐会的听众几乎全部是老年人。

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