(adv.) Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree.
(adv.) Principally; chiefly.
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双语例句
Judaism is indeed the reconstructed political ideal of many shattered peoples--mainly Semitic. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Undoubtedly the change was mainly a product of contemporary conditions. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
This was mainly due to Arkwright, a contemporary of Hargreaves. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
I think that I should prefer to carry on the argument mainly on my own behalf. 柏拉图.理想国.
On September 20th occurred a battle, mainly an artillery encounter, at Valmy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Steel making consists mainly in so treating cast iron as to get rid of a part of the carbon and other impurities. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Its followers were mainly slaves, soldiers, and distressed people. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
A mandarin's education in China is, mainly, learning to read. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
It is mainly wood pulp that has enabled books and newspapers to be made so cheaply, for they are now furnished at a less price than the cost of the paper made in the old way from rags. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
The warm-hearted, faithful old man acknowledged that he had written mainly for the pleasure of writing to me. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Savage groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps adults loyal to their group. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
The age of inventions in the times of the ancients rested mainly upon simple applications of these mechanical powers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Prior to 1871, inventions in this art were mainly directed to perfecting the structure of this primary gin. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
It remains to say a few words upon subject matter as social, since our prior remarks have been mainly concerned with its intellectual aspect. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
At first the mental activities of Alexandria centred upon the Museum, and were mainly scientific. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Knowledge which is mainly second-hand, other men's knowledge, tends to become merely verbal. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
It was a simple mechanism which consisted mainly of two steel fingers that moved back and forth and twisted a wire band around each sheaf of grain. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
North of the Mason and Dixon line farming was practised mainly upon British or Central European lines by free white cultivators. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
They had accomplished much, but it was the work mainly of empirics. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Clarke, who devoted himself mainly to engineering matters, and later on acted as chief engineer of the Edison Electric Light Company for some years. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
I thought this curious--but I attributed it mainly to some clumsiness on the Superintendent's part which might have offended the young lady. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
They were a horde of nomadic horsemen living in tents, and subsisting mainly upon mare's milk products and meat. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Its windows are mainly east; and in the early morning, when the sun is bright, the whole apartment is in a perfect blaze of splendour. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
The stock is mainly held in England, having been bought from the Khedive of Egypt. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Captain Prime, of the Engineer Corps, was the chief, and the work at the beginning was mainly directed by him. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
One group of creatures is of peculiar interest in a history that is mainly to be the story of mankind. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
It was mainly in the hands of Greeks, who were in many cases slaves. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
On the contrary, his interest centered in the practical; and he was mainly concerned with scientific theory by reason of its application in the arts. 李贝.西洋科学史.
I ventured to tell you that my father's influence and advice had mainly decided me to give you my promise. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
In some cases we might easily put down to disuse modifications of structure which are wholly, or mainly due to natural selection. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.