英 [ˈmeɪnli] 美 [ˈmeɪnli]
adv. 主要地，首要地；大部分，大多
mainly /ˈmeɪnlɪ/
副词 You use mainly when mentioning the main reason or thing involved in something. 主要地
The stock market scandal is refusing to go away, mainly because there's still no consensus over how it should be dealt with.
此次股市丑闻历久不散，主要是因为在此事如何处理上尚无共识。
副词 You use mainly when you are referring to a group and stating something that is true of most of it. 大部分地
The African half of the audience was mainly from Senegal or Mali.
观众中的一半非洲人主要来自塞内加尔或马里。
for the most part
he is mainly interested in butterflies
同义词： chiefly / principally / primarily / in the main
... main主要的 mainly大体上；主要地 disease病；疾病 ...
... exceptional例外的,异常的 mainly大体上,主要地 given倘若,考虑到,有.....嗜好的,有......倾向的,规定的,特许的 ...
由于战意决定球队采取以攻为主(Mainly)还是以守为主(Mainly)的策略.若两个队都想全取三分,则容易出大球,若一方想攻一方想守,则相对较难.
照旧以练兵为主(Mainly)，勤奋是打开知识大门的钥匙。只是研商接下来(Next)即是结尾的初赛，中国队事迹有恐怕宁静球员状况，在两首运用一样声势；然而日...
main 主要的，最重要的；全力的
Police work is mainly routine.
警察的工作主要都是按常规的。
They eat mainly fruit and nuts.
他们主要吃水果和坚果。
Small birds live mainly on insects.
小鸟主要靠食昆虫为生。
Teaching at Howard gave Duncan the chance to share his knowledge of classical European music with a mainly black student population.
VOA : special.2010.03.07
It probably is at least in part, but mainly it is probably intended to be fiction or fictionalized biography.
最少一部分是，可是结果大相径庭,大篇都是虚构或文学小说化了的自传。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
I think that's mainly because Hollywood only ever chooses people with a very posh English accent.
我想，主要因为好莱坞只选那些有高傲的英式口音的人。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 优雅的英式英语
But critics say banks are profiting mainly from trading activities, not from making loans to small businesses or homeowners.
VOA : special.2009.12.18
Yellow fever is found mainly in Africa, the northern part of South America and the islands of the Caribbean Sea.
VOA : special.2009.05.26
The celebrations will mainly take place in Paris, at the headquarters of the Organisation.
This article is for a global audience, and has focused mainly on international policy.
It's been out there for at least seven years, maybe 10 years, mainly in hospitals.