chiefly

[美]/'tʃiːflɪ/
[英]/'tʃifli/
词频: 极高

释义

adv. 主要地;首先

例句

Bread is chiefly made of flour.

面包主要是由面粉制成的。

Icecream is chiefly made of milk and sugar.

冰淇淋的主要成分是牛奶和糖。

Cattle feed chiefly on grass.

牛主要以草为食。

he is remembered chiefly for his organ sonatas.

他主要因管风琴奏鸣曲留名于世。

he is chiefly famous for his love poetry.

他主要因其爱情诗歌而闻名。

I wax my boots chiefly to waterproof them.

我给靴子打蜡主要是为了防水。

Tea is raised chiefly in China,Japan and India.

茶树主要种植在中国、日本和印度。

The accident happened chiefly because you were careless.

发生事故的主要原因是你不小心。

Syntactically, an adjectival adverbial-head structure chiefly acts as the head and the adnex.

语体功能是,形容词状语用于书面语多于口语,但悬殊不大;

Chiefly, I ask you to remember to write to your elderly mother.

首先,我要你记住给你年老的母亲去信。

The team lost the game chiefly bacause the team leader had a dispute with the coach.

球队输了,主要原因是队长与教练发生了争执。

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。

The houses in my hometown were chiefly composed of wood.

我家乡的房子过去多由木料制成。

genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed;

主要在北美多年生的草本的属;芳草属植物;

Martin Tutin claimed that she [the Prime Minister] was chiefly responsible for the crisis.

马丁•土藤声称她(指首相)应对这次危机负主要责任。

chiefly maritimes Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry.

主要生长于欧亚海岸的一个草本属;拟漆姑;海竹草。

原声例句

He valued his royal crown chiefly because it was made of that precious metal.

他珍视他的王冠,主要是因为它是由那种贵重金属制成的。

来源: American Elementary School English 5

Soldiers are chiefly defenders of the nest.

兵蚁的首要任务是守护巢穴。

来源: Intermediate English short passage

It is there chiefly that the tiger has his haunts.

那里也是老虎经常出没的地方。

来源: UK original primary school Chinese language class

Bread is chiefly made of flour.

面包主要是由面粉做成的。

来源: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

But he taught chiefly by example.

但他主要以自己的行为来教育学生。

来源: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

Our environment is chiefly conditioned by the things we believe.

我们的环境主要条件是由我们信任的事物限定的。

来源: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Four (Translation)

They're actually sharpest right at birth, and they're so innate that newborns orient themselves chiefly by scent.

它们实际上在人出生时就最锋利了,它们是如此先天,以至于新生儿主要靠气味来定位自己。

来源: Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology

Our environment is chiefly conditoned by the things we believe.

我们的环境主要受我们信仰的事物制约。

来源: New Concept English (4)

That was what the others chiefly noticed, but Edmund noticed something else.

这就是另外三个孩子注意到的事,爱德蒙却注意到另外一些事。

来源: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

But chiefly they can't publish because most leaks come from No. 10.

但他们不能公布的主要原因是因为大部分泄密是来自 10 号。

来源: Yes, Minister Season 3

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