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

• Although he's a lawyer, he's principally employed in controlling a large business.
  他虽然是个律师，但他主要是受聘管理一家大企业。
• English developed into several major dialects spoken principally on most of the island of England.
  英语发展成英格兰岛上绝大地区所说的数种主要方言。
• You wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from human relationships.
  如果你认为人生的快乐主要来自人际关系，那你就错了。
• He dealt principally with ethiopia.
  他主要和埃塞俄比亚打交道。
• And bilateral agreements between two countries contracted principally for the purpose of avoiding the balance of payments deficit.
  双边协议，主要是为了避免两国间收支平衡逆差的协议。
• A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
  一种黑色的胶状物质，全部或主要由无定型碳组成，用于制色素和墨。
• Asian emerging economies principally China and India are expected to generate more than 60 per cent of that increase.
  亚洲新兴经济体（主要是中国和印度）对这一增幅的贡献预计将超过60%。
• Termites are principally tropical in distribution.
  白蚁主要分布在热带地区。
• 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。
• 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。