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形容词:primary(主要的)
易混词辨析
mainly、chiefly、principally、basically
1. primarily:副词“主要地;首要地”(侧重“强调首要性或主要方面”,搭配“primarily responsible for 主要负责;primarily focus on 主要关注”,如“The course is primarily for beginners. 这门课程主要面向初学者。”);
2. primarily vs. mainly:mainly副词“主要地;大体上”(通用词,侧重“大部分程度”,如“mainly because 主要因为”),可与primarily换用;
3. primarily vs. chiefly:chiefly副词“主要地;首要地”(与primarily近义,更正式,如“chiefly concerned with 主要关注”);
4. primarily vs. basically:basically副词“基本上;本质上”(侧重“核心本质”,如“basically correct 基本正确”),primarily侧重“主要方面”,basically侧重“本质”。
单词辨析
principally,mainly,generally,largely,chiefly,primarily,mostly,greatly
这组词都有“主要地,大量地”的意思,其区别是:principally侧重居首要地位。mainly指主要部分,突出在一系列事物中的相对重要性。generally通常强调普遍性。largely着重范围或分量大大超过别的成分。chiefly侧重某人或某物在众多的人或物中占主要和显著地位。primarily侧重基本地,首要地。mostly强调数量占多半,近乎全部。greatly通常强调程度的高。
精选例句
1、 She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore.
她认为锻炼主要是一件不可避免的琐事。
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2、 Flycatchers feed primarily on winged insects.
鹟主要捕食有翼昆虫。
来源:《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1、 While they sound efficient and cost-saving, a recent study reports that they are not effective, primarily because depressed patients are not likely to engage with them or stick with them.
虽然这些方法听起来很有效,而且节省了成本,但最近的一项研究表明,它们并不有效,主要是因为抑郁症患者不太可能与它们接触或坚持下去。
来源:2019年6月份第2套题[阅读选择题]
1、 Yet our schools focus primarily on students as individual entities.
然而,我们的学校主要关注的是作为个体的学生。
来源:2018年6月六级第1套题句子搭配题
1、 Many French politicians and media outlets have referred to this as a “ GAFA tax,” meaning that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon—in other words, multinational tech companies based in the United States.
许多法国政客和媒体将其称为“GAFA税”,这意味着它主要适用于谷歌、苹果、Facebook和亚马逊等公司——换句话说,总部设在美国的跨国科技公司。
来源:2020年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(一)Text 4
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