principally

英 [ˈprɪnsəpli]

美 [ˈprɪnsəpli]

adv.  主要地

CET6

Collins.1 / BNC.5677 / COCA.10478

牛津词典

adv.

• 主要地
  mainly
  1. The book is aimed principally at beginners.
     这本书主要是为初学者编写的。
  2. No new power stations have been built, principally because of the cost.
     没有新建的发电站，主要是因为经费问题。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 主要地；首要地；最重要地
  Principallymeans more than anything else.
  1. This is principally because the major export markets are slowing...
     这主要是因为主要出口市场发展缓慢。
  2. Embryonic development seems to be controlled principally by a very small number of master genes.
     胚胎发育似乎主要受制于少数主导基因。

英英释义

adv

• for the most part
  1. he is mainly interested in butterflies
  Synonym:chieflyprimarilymainlyin the main

双语例句

• The programme of such a government must principally provide for: first, resistance to foreign aggression;
  这个政府的主要纲领，必须：第一，是能够抵抗外侮的。
• Nonspecific cellular defense mechanisms in the lung rest principally on epithelial cell elements and several types of phagocytic cell.
  肺中非特异性细胞防御机理主要在于表皮细胞和几种有吞噬作用的细胞。
• I think this is principally a moral issue, he says.
  我认为，这基本上是个道德问题，他表示。
• The sell-off is aimed at repositioning the company as a publisher principally of business information
  出售公司部分业务的目的是将公司重新定位为以商业信息类出版物为主的出版商。
• Causes of traffic accidents are principally related to person, the vehicle, the road, and the environment.
  交通事故的原因主要包括人、车辆、道路和环境因素。
• Asian emerging economies principally China and India are expected to generate more than 60 per cent of that increase.
  亚洲新兴经济体（主要是中国和印度）对这一增幅的贡献预计将超过60%。
• Termites are principally tropical in distribution.
  白蚁主要分布在热带地区。
• We had a lot of opportunities and they were thinking principally in defending.
  我们有很多机会，并且他们在保卫主要地认为。
• He dealt principally with ethiopia.
  他主要和埃塞俄比亚打交道。
• Knowledge and responsibilities for such issues reside principally in private sector or public institutions thought of as domestic.
  解决这些议题所需要的知识和责任，主要掌握在被认为属于国内机构的私人部门或公共机构手中。