• 基础释义
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  • 同义词
  • 同义词解析
  • 词组
  • 四级真题
  • 六级真题
  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英汉词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
  • 行业词典释义
例句
同义词
同义词解析
  • 以下这些形容词均含有"首要的,主要的" 的意思
    chief指人时,表同类中职位最高,权力最大;指物时,表同类中最重要,价值最高。
    principal用于人时,指地位优于其他人;用于物时,指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
    main通常只用于物。指在一定范围内,某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
    major指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较,显得更加重要和突出。
    leading侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
    capital着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
    foremost侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
    primary通常不用于人。用于物时,指在重要性方面占第一位。
词组
  • by main force
    through sheer strength 尽全力
  • in the main
    on the whole 总体上,大体上
英语四级真题
    What is the main concern of students when they choose a major?
    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
    Students mark the main ideas and important details with a pen or pencil, yellow or blue or orange.
    出自-2014年6月听力原文
    For example, maybe you will mark main ideas in yellow, important details in blue and new words in orange
    出自-2014年6月听力原文
英语六级真题
    :What is the woman's main consideration in hiring a car?
    出自-2014年6月听力原文
    His main thesis is that the buzz of urban life, and the opportunities it offers for co-operation and collaboration, is what attracts people to the city, which in turn makes cities into the engines of art, commerce, science and progress.
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    A recent study shows that meat consumption is one of the main ways that human can damage the environment, second only to the use of motor vehicles.
    出自-2013年6月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • ADJ
    主要的;最重要的
    The main thing is the most important one of several similar things in a particular situation.
    例句
    ...one of the main tourist areas of Amsterdam... 阿姆斯特丹的主要旅游区之一 My main concern now is to protect the children... 我现在最关心的就是要保护好孩子们。
  • PHRASE
    大体上;基本上
    If you say that something is true in the main, you mean that it is generally true, although there may be exceptions.
    例句
    Tourists are, in the main, sympathetic people... 大体说来,游客们都富有同情心。 In the main, children are taboo in the workplace. 工作场所基本上禁止儿童进入。
  • N-COUNT
    (室内煤气、自来水或污水的)总管道,主管道
    The mains are the pipes which supply gas or water to buildings, or which take sewage away from them.
    例句
    ...the water supply from the mains... 总管道的自来水供应 The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night. 从周三晚上开始,首都就停水了。
  • N-PLURAL
    电力线;电源
    The mains are the wires which supply electricity to buildings, or the place where the wires end inside the building.
    例句
    ...amplifiers which plug into the mains... 接通电源的扩音器 Make sure plugs are disconnected from the mains... 确保插头与电源断开。
英汉词典释义
  • adj.
    主要的; 最重要的
    This is the main purpose of my coming here. 这就是我到这儿来的主要目的。 This guidebook points out the main facts of early American history. 这本导游手册讲述了美洲早期的重要史实。
  • n.
    总管道; 干线; 输电干线
    Water is supplied from the mains. 水是从总管道来的。 Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. any very large body of (salt) water
    2. a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
  • Adjective
    1. most important element;
    "the chief aim of living""the main doors were of solid glass""the principal rivers of America""the principal example""policemen were primary targets"
    2. of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
    "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
    3. of force; of the greatest possible intensity;
    "by main strength"
行业词典
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