mostly是什么意思？

mostly

英[ˈməʊstli] 美[ˈmoʊstli]

• adv. 大部分，多半，主要地，基本上，通常；

例句

• A hard core of supporters, mostly teenage girls, gathered at the airport to see the star arrive. 支持者的中坚分子大多是十几岁的女孩子，聚集在机场一睹这位明星的到来。
• The highest quality paper is made mostly from rags. 上好的纸多半是用破布制造的。
• She uses her car mostly for driving to work. 她的汽车主要用于上下班。
• The burglars in the city are mostly jobless people. 城里的夜贼多为无业人员。
• Her pains are mostly pure imagination. 她的疼痛多半是纯粹想像出来的东西。
• The glass of beer was mostly froth. 这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The glass of beer was mostly foam. 这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings. 珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。
• The audience were mostly adolescents. 听众几乎都是年轻人。
• He mostly stayed at home tucking up the children... 他主要待在家里，帮孩子们盖好被子睡觉。

同义词

• adv.
  mostly的同义词之：主要地;差不多
  chiefly, almost, all, nearly, mainly,
• mostly的同义词之：其他释义
  chiefly, mainly, especially, usually, nearly,

同义词解析

• 以下这些副词均可表示"主要地，大量地" 的意思
  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。
  greatly：通常强调程度的高。
  largely：着重范围或分量大大超过别的成分。
  mostly：强调数量占多半，近乎全部。
  primarily：侧重基本地，首要地。
  principally：侧重居首要地位。
  generally：通常强调普遍性。

英语四级真题

Premier Gardens is one of a half-dozen subdivisions in California where every home cuts power consumption by 50%, mostly by using low-power appliances and solar panels.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
They are mostly small in size.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Private markets for goods, services, labor, and securities do mostly self-correct, but panic feeds on itself and disarms these stabilizing tendencies.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
The Polytechnic is all adults and mostly preparation for exams like the Cambridge certificates.
出自-2010年6月听力原文
After all, older people themselves mostly have families
出自-2010年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADV
  大多;多半;主要地
  You use mostly to indicate that a statement is generally true, for example true about the majority of a group of things or people, true most of the time, or true in most respects.
  例句
  I am working with mostly highly motivated people... 和我共事的人大多积极性极高。 Cars are mostly metal. 轿车的大部分部件是金属制造的。

英汉词典释义

• adv.
  大部分, 主要地, 多半, 通常, 一般地
  She uses her car mostly for driving to work. 她的汽车主要用于上下班。 He has the occasional cigarette, but mostly he smokes a pipe. 他偶尔抽香烟, 但通常是抽烟斗。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. in large part; mainly or chiefly;
  "These accounts are largely inactive"
  2. usually; as a rule;
  "by and large it doesn't rain much here"