Principally
[ 'prɪnsəpli ]
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adv. 主要地，大部分;
💡 词根助记
principal 主要的 + ly 加在其他名词之后，也可构成副词 → adv.主要地
📝 例句
The money is invested principally in oil.
资金主要用于石油方面。
The money is invested principally in oil.
资金主要用于石油方面。
This excuse, though true in part, was principally a fetch.
这句借口虽然部分是真实的，但主要的是另有计谋。
Termites are principally tropical in distribution.
白蚁主要分布在热带地区。
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
principally
adv
for the most part; chiefly 多半; 主要地
The dialect is spoken principally in the rural areas. 该方言主要通行於农村地区.
Weymouth is principally a holiday resort. 韦茅斯主要来说是个度假胜地.
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I'm not sure. I ought to do some studying, as I've got masses of work to do, but I think I'll be too tired. Maybe I'll just watch the news on television and go to bed early.
还不清楚。我有大量的作业要做，按理我应该学习，但是我想这样一来我会很累的。我可能会看看电视新闻，然后早点上床睡觉。
Another man lit a cigarette but it burnt strangely and so he too put it out.
另一个工人点燃一支烟，但烟燃得怪怪的，于是他也把烟灭了。
He married my aunt in 1971, so Clare would have been five years old.
他1968年与我伯母结婚，那么克莱尔应该已经5岁了。"