primarily

adv.

1. 主要地；根本地
   mainly
   1. a course designed primarily for specialists
      主要为专业人员开设的课程
   2. The problem is not primarily a financial one.
      这个问题基本上不是财政问题。

1. ADV 主要地；根本地
   You use primarily to say what is mainly true in a particular situation.
   1. ...a book aimed primarily at high-energy physicists...
      一本主要针对高能物理学家的书
   2. Public order is primarily an urban problem...
      社会治安主要是城市的问题。
   3. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
      投资仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本过高。

1. The body is made up primarily of bone, muscle, and fat
   人体主要是由骨骼、肌肉和脂肪构成。
2. Caste is defined primarily by social honour attained through personal lifestyle
   社会等级制度主要是通过个人生活方式赢得的社会荣誉来确定。
3. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore
   她基本上把锻炼看做是不得不做的琐事。
4. As ever, the meals are primarily fish-based
   像往常一样，饭菜主要是鱼。
5. The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.
   展开调查主要是为了安抚那些压力集团。
6. It seems almost inevitable that North African economies will still be primarily oriented towards Europe
   看来北非经济体几乎注定还将以欧洲为主导。
7. Public order is primarily an urban problem
   社会治安主要是城市的问题。
8. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
   投资仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本过高。
9. I'm primarily thinking of the first year
   我考虑的主要是第一年。
10. Her wardrobe consists primarily of huge cashmere sweaters and tiny Italian sandals.
    她的衣物主要是宽大的开司米毛衣和小巧的意大利凉鞋。
11. Flycatchers feed primarily on winged insects.
    鹟主要以有翅昆虫为食。
12. This building was primarily intended to be an assembly hall.
    这个建筑物最初准备作为一个会议厅。
13. The difficulty lies primarily in the fact that the fiber core is relatively small.
    困难主要在于纤维芯比较小。
14. I am primarily interested in history.
    我主要对历史感兴趣。
15. Urbanized industry was limited primarily to the northeast.
    城市工业主要局限于东北部。
16. Indeed, they say, aids is spread primarily by carriers who are not ill.
    他们说艾滋病实际上最初是由健康人传播的。
17. Study is the matter of primarily importance.
    学习是头等重要的事。
18. He was many things, but he was primarily a general.
    他身兼多职，但首先他是一位将军。
19. That is, map primarily works with and returns two elements: a key and a value.
    这就是说，map主要处理和返回两个元素：一个键和一个值。
20. Each role is primarily responsible for a set of activities and artifacts.
    每个角色主要负责一系列的活动和工件。
21. System architecture primarily comprises software elements and the relationships among them.
    系统体系结构主要由软件要素和它们之间的关系组成。
22. This article is primarily targeted to understand the background of distributed systems security.
    本文主要介绍了分布式系统安全性的背景知识。
23. Specifically, this discussion is about portfolio management as applied primarily to initiatives or projects.
    特别地，此讨论是关于项目组合管理的，就像最初应用于计划或项目的一样。
24. Gross and Levitt find fault primarily with sociologists, philosophers and other academics who have questioned science's objectivity.
    格罗斯和莱维特主要对质疑科学客观性的社会学家、哲学家和其他学者进行批评。
25. These primarily included cuts in pensions and in education spending.
    其中主要包括退休金和教育开支的削减。
26. Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo have started new phone brands sold and marketed primarily online.
    华为、中兴和联想都推出了以在线销售和推销为主的手机新品。
27. This paper primarily analyzes the requests and function model of integrated agile supply chain on purchase management.
    分析了集成化敏捷供应链对采购管理系统的基本要求及功能模型。
28. A great deal of the efforts and activities supporting us are primarily concerned with collection and maintenance of datums.
    配合我们的大量工作和活动主要涉及数据的收集和保存。
29. We have been talking here primarily of sound patterns.
    我们在这里已经讨论了基本的声音模式。
30. This article is primarily on the system's installation and detailed debugging.
    文章主要对该系统的安装和调试进行了详细介绍。

adv

1. for the most part
   1. he is mainly interested in butterflies

   Synonym:    chieflyprincipallymainlyin the main

2. of primary import
   1. this is primarily a question of economics
   2. it was in the first place a local matter

   Synonym:    in the first place