大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 chiefly


释义：

chiefly adv. 主要地；首先

例句：



He's travelled widely, chiefly in Africa and Asia.

他游历了许多地方，主要在非洲和亚洲。



We are chiefly concerned with improving educational standards.

我们主要关心的是提高教育水平。



He joined the consular service in China, chiefly because this was one of the few job vacancies.

他参加了驻华领事馆的工作，主要是因为这是为数不多的几个空缺职位之一。



It relies chiefly on mineral export.

它主要依靠矿物出口。



The World Cup is also chiefly responsible for sleep deprivation.

世界杯也是造成睡眠不足的主要原因。



The materials chiefly used in modern papermaking are cotton or linen rags and wood pulp.

现代造纸中主要使用的材料是棉布或亚麻布和木浆。



The man chiefly responsible for the German forward units was General Hasso Baron von Manteuffel, who commanded the Third Panzer Army.

德国前线部队的主要负责人是哈索·冯·曼陀菲尔将军，他指挥着第三装甲部队。



Although she is remembered today chiefly for her innovations in stage lighting, her activities also touched Isadora Duncan and Ruth St.

虽然今天人们主要因为她在舞台灯光方面的创新而记住她，但她的活动也感动了伊莎多拉·邓肯和露丝·圣。



While Pierre Curie devoted himself chiefly to the physical study of the new radiations, Marie Curie struggled to obtain pure radium in the metallic state.

当皮埃尔·居里主要致力于新放射物的物理研究时，玛丽·居里却在努力提取金属态的纯镭。



The OED defines LOL as an interjection "used chiefly in electronic communications… to draw attention to a joke or humorous statement, or to express amusement".

《牛津英语词典》将LOL定义为一个叹词，“主要用于电子通信……以引起对笑话和幽默语句的注意，或表示可笑”。



The arch was used by the early cultures of the Mediterranean area chiefly for underground drains, but it was the Romans who first developed and used the arch extensively in aboveground structures.

在地中海区域的早期文明中，拱形结构主要被运用在地下排水管上，但在地上建筑中首先发展并广泛使用拱门的是罗马人。



It was Pan he wanted, Pan and Wendy and their band, but chiefly Pan.

他要的是潘，潘、温迪和他们的乐队，但主要是潘。



Ease of care was most important: summer dresses and outfits, in particular, were chiefly cotton, readily capable of being washed and pressed at home.

易于打理是最重要的：尤其是夏装和套装，大都是棉质的，很容易在家清洗和熨烫。



What we think we know derives chiefly from archeological evidence, which is before writing--mute evidence that has to be interpreted and is very complicated.

我们目前所认为的史实，主要都是从考古证据中所得，这些无声的证据出现于文字记录之前，因此就需要繁复的考证及解读。



Some manifestations of the market, chiefly sociological, have been recorded, but it is only just beginning to be the subject of organized consumer research and promotion.

市场的一些表现形式（主要是社会学的）已经被记录下来，但它只是刚刚开始成为有组织的消费者研究和推广的主题。



The black hair comes chiefly from Britany.

黑发主要来自布列塔尼。



A man's success depends chiefly on himself.

一个人的成功主要靠自已。



In 1955 Pope Pius XII authorized a rubrical revision, chiefly concerned with the calendar.

1955年，教皇庇护十二世授权对历法进行了一次修订。



It is chiefly because he is too impatient.

这主要是因为他太没有耐心的缘故。



Indeed, Iran is chiefly responsible for these ghastly data.

事实上，伊朗要对这一恐怖的监禁数字负主要责任。