(1)主要(最重要)的(chief,principal or most important)(作attrib):the~purpose of an expedition/point of a speech遠(yuǎn)征的主要目的/講話的要點(diǎn);the~character in the story/building on the campus/reason for staying/thing to remember故事中的主要人物/校園主樓/留下來(lái)的主要原因/要記住的重要事情;have one's~meal of the day in the evening晚上用主餐;Look for the~idea of each paragraph.找出每段的大意。Her~concern is less for herself than for him.她主要關(guān)心的是他,不是自己。the~road/line/body/clause/deck/office/verb干道/干線/主體/主句/主甲板/主要辦公室/主要?jiǎng)釉~;〖同〗chief,principal,primary;〖反〗insignificant,minor,unimportant;
in the main大體(基本)上:I agree with you in the~.我基本上同意你的意見(jiàn)。
→′mainly adv 主要(首要)地;′mainframe n(大型計(jì)算機(jī)的)主機(jī);′mainland n 大陸;′mainline v 把(毒品)注入靜脈;沉溺于;′mainmast n 主桅;′mainsail n(主桅上的)主帆;′mainspring n(鐘表的)主發(fā)條;′mainstay n主桅支索;′mainstream n 主流;(爵士音樂(lè)介乎傳統(tǒng)與現(xiàn)代音樂(lè)之間的)主流派風(fēng)格