【chiefly】 - A-level备考词汇

chiefly

UK:  ['tʃiːfli]

US:  ['tʃifli]

adv.

1.第一,首先;主要

2.多半,大部,大都

adj.

1.领袖(般)的

2.首领的

1 . What chiefly surprised me was that he never read the same book twice.
最让我吃惊的是，同一本小说他从来不会看第二遍。

2 . Most countries have got at least somewhere on this, chiefly in what might be called i-government: the provision of information.
许多国家在这方面至少有了一些进展，主要在被称为信息政府（i-government）的信息提供方面。

3 . He is often seen as the godfather of celebrity culture, in that from the outset he was noted chiefly for being Oscar Wilde.
他经常被看作名人文化的教父，从一开始，他就主要以是奥斯卡•王尔德而闻名。

4 . He was more rational, and once more he was chiefly interested in the land of little sticks and the cache by the river Dease.
他的脑子变得清醒了，他又开始首要的关心起来“小棍子地”和狄斯河边的地窖了。

5 . We go on journeys chiefly to be free of all obstacles and of all inconveniences, to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.
我们旅行主要就是去释放障碍和不便，把我们自己放大脑后，尽可能多地去摆脱他们。