chiefly

[美國]/'tʃiːflɪ/
[英國]/'tʃifli/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adv. 主要地;首先

例句

Bread is chiefly made of flour.

麪包主要是由麪粉製成的。

Icecream is chiefly made of milk and sugar.

冰淇淋的主要成分是牛奶和糖。

Cattle feed chiefly on grass.

牛主要以草爲食。

he is remembered chiefly for his organ sonatas.

他主要因管風琴奏鳴曲留名於世。

he is chiefly famous for his love poetry.

他主要因其愛情詩歌而聞名。

I wax my boots chiefly to waterproof them.

我給靴子打蠟主要是爲了防水。

Tea is raised chiefly in China,Japan and India.

茶樹主要種植在中國、日本和印度。

The accident happened chiefly because you were careless.

發生事故的主要原因是你不小心。

Syntactically, an adjectival adverbial-head structure chiefly acts as the head and the adnex.

語體功能是,形容詞狀語用於書面語多於口語,但懸殊不大;

Chiefly, I ask you to remember to write to your elderly mother.

首先,我要你記住給你年老的母親去信。

The team lost the game chiefly bacause the team leader had a dispute with the coach.

球隊輸了,主要原因是隊長與教練發生了爭執。

My interest in him chiefly centres in his quick mind.

我對他的興趣主要在於他思路敏捷。

The houses in my hometown were chiefly composed of wood.

我家鄉的房子過去多由木料製成。

genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed;

主要在北美多年生的草本的屬;芳草屬植物;

Martin Tutin claimed that she [the Prime Minister] was chiefly responsible for the crisis.

馬丁•土藤聲稱她(指首相)應對這次危機負主要責任。

chiefly maritimes Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry.

主要生長於歐亞海岸的一個草本屬;擬漆姑;海竹草。

原聲例句

He valued his royal crown chiefly because it was made of that precious metal.

他珍視他的王冠,主要是因爲它是由那種貴重金屬製成的。

來源: American Elementary School English 5

Soldiers are chiefly defenders of the nest.

兵蟻的首要任務是守護巢穴。

來源: Intermediate English short passage

It is there chiefly that the tiger has his haunts.

那裏也是老虎經常出沒的地方。

來源: UK original primary school Chinese language class

Bread is chiefly made of flour.

麪包主要是由麪粉做成的。

來源: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

But he taught chiefly by example.

但他主要以自己的行爲來教育學生。

來源: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

Our environment is chiefly conditioned by the things we believe.

我們的環境主要條件是由我們信任的事物限定的。

來源: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Four (Translation)

They're actually sharpest right at birth, and they're so innate that newborns orient themselves chiefly by scent.

它們實際上在人出生時就最鋒利了,它們是如此先天,以至於新生兒主要靠氣味來定位自己。

來源: Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology

Our environment is chiefly conditoned by the things we believe.

我們的環境主要受我們信仰的事物制約。

來源: New Concept English (4)

That was what the others chiefly noticed, but Edmund noticed something else.

這就是另外三個孩子注意到的事,愛德蒙卻注意到另外一些事。

來源: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

But chiefly they can't publish because most leaks come from No. 10.

但他們不能公佈的主要原因是因爲大部分泄密是來自 10 號。

來源: Yes, Minister Season 3

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