一、详细释义:


adv.

大部分地,主要地


例句:

The industrial area is centered largely in the east.

工业区大部分集中在东部。


例句:

Largely, this is because of his personality.

主要地,这是由于他的个性。


大量地,丰富地,大规模地


例句:

I will make sure of the continuous largely orders if our customer feel satisfied with the first shipment.

如果第一批船货令我方客户满意,我将保证大量地续订。


例句:

I use the Web largely to communicate information about the organization.

我大量地使用网络技术来交流有关组织的信息。


大致上,总体上,一般地说


例句:

The fund is largely financed through government borrowing..

该基金大致上由政府借款支持。


例句:

I largely work with people who already are motivated...

我大多和积极主动的人一起工作。


二、词义辨析:


mainly,chiefly,greatly,largely,mostly,primarily,principally,generally

这些副词均可表示“主要地,大量地”之意。 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。


三、参考例句:


The meetings were largely unattended.

这些聚会的出席者寥寥无几。


Jaguars are largely nocturnal creatures.

美洲虎基本上是夜行动物。


His talent was largely self-developed.

他的才能主要是自己培养的。


Largely, this is because of his personality.

主要地,这是由于他的个性。


Japan has a largely homogeneous population.

日本的人口基本上同属一个种族。


The case against him was largely circumstantial.

对他不利的案情大多为间接推测的。


The social sciences are largely hokum.

社会学家很大程度是忽悠。


His eight sons largely inherited his fortune.

他的八个儿子继承了他的大部分遗产。


American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.

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Their harvests largely depend on weather.

他们的收成在很大程度上取决于天气。