main
adj. 主要的
n. 主管道; 水源; (水等)供应系统
The main thing is the most important one of several similar things in a particular situation.
...one of the main tourist areas of Amsterdam...
阿姆斯特丹的主要旅游区之一
My main concern now is to protect the children...
我现在最关心的就是要保护好孩子们。
If you say that something is true in the main, you mean that it is generally true, although there may be exceptions.
Tourists are, in the main, sympathetic people...
大体说来,游客们都富有同情心。
In the main, children are taboo in the workplace.
工作场所基本上禁止儿童进入。
The mains are the pipes which supply gas or water to buildings, or which take sewage away from them.
...the water supply from the mains...
总管道的自来水供应
The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night.
从周三晚上开始,首都就停水了。
The mains are the wires which supply electricity to buildings, or the place where the wires end inside the building.
...amplifiers which plug into the mains...
接通电源的扩音器
Make sure plugs are disconnected from the mains...
确保插头与电源断开。
1. any very large body of (salt) water
2. a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
1. most important element;
2. of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
3. of force; of the greatest possible intensity;
chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary
这些形容词均含有"首要的,主要的"之意。
by main force
尽全力
in the main
总体上,大体上
We can sum up the main point of the lesson in three sentences.
我们可以用三句话来概括本课要点.
He led the main strength of his army against the city.
他率领主力部队攻城.
Your project will have to make way, for the main project.
你们的工程得给重点工程让路.
A few carefully chosen men went ahead while main body remained concealed in the valley.
精心挑选出来的几个人走在前面,大队人马则隐藏在山谷里.
He saw her as his main adversary within the company.
他将她视为公司中主要的对手.