chiefly
adv. 首先,第一; 主要; 尤其
You use chiefly to indicate that a particular reason, emotion, method, or feature is the main or most important one.
He joined the consular service, chiefly because this was one of the few job vacancies...
他到領事館工作,主要因為那是僅有的幾個空缺職位之一。
His response to attacks on his work was chiefly bewilderment.
聽到別人對自己工作的指責,他的反應主要是困惑。
1. for the most part;
mainly, chiefly, greatly, largely, mostly, primarily, principally, generally
這些副詞均可表示"主要地,大量地"之意。
But in some logic teaching materials they are equated. This article chiefly discusses their differences.
但某些邏輯學教材仍將二者等同,本文主要談它們的區別.
Fame — It is chiefly a matter of dying at the right moment.
聲譽—主要是死得其時的問題.
They are chiefly of Jewish parentage.
他們大體上有猶太血統.
Histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism, occurs chiefly in young children.
與膽固醇代謝障礙有關的組織細胞增多症, 通常發生在年輕人身上.
A word, phrase, or manner of expression used chiefly by uneducated people.
主要是沒受過教育的人用的詞彙 、 短語或表達方式.