chiefly

adv.

1. 主要地；首要地
   not completely, but as a most important part
   1. We are chiefly concerned with improving educational standards.
      我们主要关心的是提高教育水平。
   2. He's travelled widely, chiefly in Africa and Asia.
      他游历了许多地方，主要在非洲和亚洲。

1. ADV 主要地;最重要地
   You use chiefly to indicate that a particular reason, emotion, method, or feature is the main or most important one.
   1. He joined the consular service, chiefly because this was one of the few job vacancies...
      他到领事馆工作，主要因为那是仅有的几个空缺职位之一。
   2. His response to attacks on his work was chiefly bewilderment.
      听到别人对自己工作的指责，他的反应主要是困惑。

1. He joined the consular service, chiefly because this was one of the few job vacancies
   他到领事馆工作，主要因为那是仅有的几个空缺职位之一。
2. His response to attacks on his work was chiefly bewilderment.
   听到别人对自己工作的指责，他的反应主要是困惑。
3. They drew the material of their plays chiefly from myths and legends.
   他们主要从神话传说中提取剧本的素材。
4. A man's success depends chiefly on himself.
   一个人的成功主要靠自已。
5. The houses in my hometown were chiefly composed of wood.
   我家乡的房子过去多由木料制成。
6. My interest in him chiefly centres in his quick mind.
   我对他的兴趣主要在于他思路敏捷。
7. He values the vase chiefly for its associations.
   他珍惜这花瓶主要是因为由它所引起的联想。
8. Rice is grown chiefly in the south.
   水稻主要产在南方。
9. At the time, kindred were linked together chiefly through the band of their maternity.
   那时联系亲属的纽带以母方为主。
10. The so-called "lead" in a pencil is not lead at all, but chiefly a different form of carbon called graphite.
    铅笔中所谓的铅，并不是“铅”，而主要是一种不同形态的炭，称为石墨。
11. All the islands employed a chiefly system based on traditional legends of migration and settlement.
    所有岛国均使用传统移民和殖民带来传统神话故事为其主要系统。
12. The team lost the game chiefly bacause the team leader had a dispute with the coach.
    球队输了，主要原因是队长与教练发生了争执。
13. Genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers.
    长有羽状叶子和红白花的主要在美国热带的灌木和乔木的属。
14. The Hollanders, who founded New Netherland, and the French Huguenots left their mark chiefly on commerce.
    开拓新尼德兰的荷兰人和法国雨格诺教徒主要只在商业上留下了痕迹。
15. Changes in society are due chiefly to the development of the internal contradictions in society.
    社会的变化，主要地是由于社会内部矛盾的发展。
16. We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions.
    我们已经遗忘这一古老的事实：上帝主要通过梦和幻觉来倾诉。
17. A genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers.
    美国热带豆科的一个主要的属，长有大花和三叶的叶子。
18. Marine life is also harmed by agricultural waste, chiefly runoff containing chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
    含化肥和杀虫剂的农业废物流人海洋；对海洋生物也会造成危害。
19. Chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom.
    主要在地中海地区和西亚的每年落叶的灌木或小乔木；金雀花。
20. A member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa.
    主要居住在博茨瓦纳和西南非的班图人。
21. In this paper, key techniques of mobile TV based on digital terrestrial broadcasting were researched chiefly.
    本文主要研究了基于地面数字广播的手机电视关键技术。
22. He kept animals, chiefly cattle, with some pigs.
    他饲养动物，主要是牛和一些猪。
23. Chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft.
    主要用于对乐曲的描写和说明；非常微弱的。
24. Sheep and ox chiefly raise to do the meat.
    绵羊和牛主要饲养作肉食。
25. Their diet chiefly consists of grain and vegetables.
    他们的饮食主要是谷类和蔬菜。
26. Large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface.
    一个仙人掌大属，主要特征为有乳头状突起或表面有小瘤。
27. Tea is raised chiefly in China, Japan and India.
    茶树主要种植在中国、日本和印度。
28. Some solid fuels, such as wood and coal, are chiefly composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
    某些固体燃料，例如木头和煤，主要是由碳、氢和氧构成。
29. This has entailed fast growth of domestic debt and debt service, chiefly among households.
    这已造成了国内债务和债务利息（主要是家庭）迅速增长的结果。
30. The internal factors consist chiefly of our strength and the degree of our political consciousness.
    国内的因素主要是我们的力量和觉悟程度。

  largely chiefly greatly mostly【导航词义：主要地】

  largely adv. 主要地，大部分

〔辨析〕指范围或程度上占大半地。

  chiefly adv. 主要地

〔辨析〕指作为非常重要的成分但并非全部地。

  greatly adv. 〈正式〉大大地，非常

〔辨析〕主要用于强化程度，不修饰形容词，通常用于动词或分词前。

  mostly adv. 大部分，多半

〔辨析〕指数量等方面占多半。

adv

1. for the most part
   1. he is mainly interested in butterflies

   Synonym:    principallyprimarilymainlyin the main