mainly的意思是什么

1. 主要（地）
2. 大部分（地）
3. 总体上，大体上
4. 大致， 大抵，大概
5. 多半，大半
6. 在多数情况下

1. for the most part;

   "he is mainly interested in butterflies"
   

1.主要地;大部分地
You usemainly when mentioning the main reason or thing involved in something.

mainly

e.g. The stock-market scandal is refusing to go away,mainly because there's still no consensus over how it should be dealt with...
股票市场的丑闻迟迟没有消散，这主要是因为人们仍未就如何应对它达成共识。
e.g. The birds livemainly on nectar.
这些鸟主要以花蜜为食。

2.主要地；大多数地
You usemainly when you are referring to a group and stating something that is true of most of it.

mainly

e.g. The African half of the audience wasmainly from Senegal or Mali...
观众中有一半是非洲人，其中大多数来自塞内加尔或马里。
e.g. The spacious main bedroom ismainly blue.
宽敞的主卧室以蓝色为主色调。

• As by your safety, wisdom, all things else, You mainly were stirr'd up.

  出自：Hamlet,Shakespeare

• I think we should suit one another mainly.

  出自：C. Lamb

mainly，chiefly，greatly，largely，mostly，primarily，principally，generally

这些副词均可表示“主要地、大量地”之意。

mainly指主要部分，突出在一系列事物中的相对重要性。

chiefly侧重某人或某物在众多的人或物中占主要和显著地位。

greatly通常强调程度的高。

largely着重范围或分量大大超过别的成分。

mostly强调数量占多半，近乎全部。

primarily侧重基本地，首要地。

principally侧重居首要地位。

generally通常强调普遍性。