largely

单词辨析:

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。

〔例证〕

This small country is largely located in the desert.

这个小国家大部分地区位于沙漠中。

Her success was largely due to luck.

她的成功主要靠运气。

chiefly adv. 主要地
〔辨析〕

指作为非常重要的成分但并非全部地。

〔例证〕

Air consists chiefly of nitrogen.

空气主要由氮气组成。

Cattle feed chiefly on grass.

牛主要以草为食。

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。

〔例证〕

the greatly increased risk

大大增加的风险

He was greatly hurt.

他深受伤害。

I was greatly moved by his kindness.

他的善良令我极为感动。

mostly adv. 大部分,多半
〔辨析〕

指数量等方面占多半。

〔例证〕

The members of the party are mostly workers.

该党的成员大部分为工人。

The men at the party were mostly fairly young.

参加聚会的男子大都非常年轻。

We mostly go out on Saturdays.

我们星期六一般不在家。

相关例句:

The recession is largely blamed for the disappointing response to the appeal.

对此呼吁的反应令人失望,主要归咎于经济衰退。

The fund has been used largely to finance the construction of federal prisons

该基金大部分用于了资助联邦监狱的建造。

The fund is largely financed through government borrowing

该基金大致上由政府借款支持。

The country's economic problems are largely due to the weakness of the recovery

该国的经济问题很大程度上是因为复苏乏力。

The treatment of infertility is largely dependent on the ability of couples to pay.

对不孕不育的治疗很大程度上视乎夫妇的经济能力。

GATT member countries have largely agreed to replace expensive and inefficient protectionist policies with a competitive free market system for world trade.

关贸总协定的成员国已大体上同意在全球贸易中用竞争性的自由市场体制取代代价高且效率低的保护主义政策。