main
adj. 主要的
n. 主管道; 水源; (水等)供應系統
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遊區之一
My main concern now is to protect the children...
我現在最關心的就是要保護好孩子們。
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...
大體說來,遊客們都富有同情心。
In the main, children are taboo in the workplace.
工作場所基本上禁止兒童進入。
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...
總管道的自來水供應
The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night.
從週三晚上開始,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...
接通電源的擴音器
Make sure plugs are disconnected from the mains...
確保插頭與電源斷開。
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
這些形容詞均含有"首要的,主要的"之意。
by main force
盡全力
in the main
總體上,大體上
We can sum up the main point of the lesson in three sentences.
我們可以用三句話來概括本課要點.
He led the main strength of his army against the city.
他率領主力部隊攻城.
Your project will have to make way, for the main project.
你們的工程得給重點工程讓路.
A few carefully chosen men went ahead while main body remained concealed in the valley.
精心挑選出來的幾個人走在前面,大隊人馬則隱藏在山谷裡.
He saw her as his main adversary within the company.
他將她視為公司中主要的對手.