同近义词辨析
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：
mainly指主要部分，突出在一系列事物中的相对重要性。
chiefly侧重某人或某物在众多的人或物中占主要和显著地位。
双语例句
用作副词(adv.)
- The book is aimed principally at beginners.
这本书主要是为初学者编写的。 - The dialect is spoken principally in the rural areas.
这种方言主要在农村地区使用。 - The money is invested principally in government stock.
这笔钱主要投资于政府公债上。 - He gave many lectures to the Institute, principally on botany.
他在该学院开设了很多课程,主要教授植物学。 - Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over, and shows it principally in one spot.
笑，是全身舒畅的感觉，而却主要表现于一个部分。
权威例句
On M-Principally Injective and Projective S-actsPrincipally Box-integer Polyhedra and Equimodular MatricesAn inherited nail dystrophy principally affecting the toe nailNew adventitious phanerogams acclimatized principally in southwestern france and the pyreneesBlood Platelets Are Assembled Principally at the Ends of Proplatelet Processes Produced by Differentiated MegakaryocytesThe Induction of Seed Germination in Arabidopsis thaliana Is Regulated Principally by Phytochrome B and Secondarily by Phytochrome A.The tentative identification of the neurohypophysial principles of the domestic fowl principally by pharmacological methodsDescriptions of apparently new species and varieties of insects and other annulosa, principally from the collection in the Bri...V.—A List of Lichens gathered in different parts of Wales, principally in the neighbourhood of Barmouth, with a ...NF-IL6 and CRE elements principally account for both basal and interleukin-1β-induced transcriptional activity of the proximal 528 ...
