| 词汇 | mostly |
| 释义 | mostlyWord family adverbmostlymostwhatadjectivemost most·ly /ˈməʊstli $ ˈmoʊst-/ ●●● S2 W3 adverbadv IN GENERALused to talk about most members of a group, most occasions, most parts of something etc 大部分；主要地；多半；通常 SYN mainly Green teas are mostly from China or Japan. 绿茶主要来自中国或日本。 There were about fifteen people in the lounge, mostly women. 大厅里大约有15人，大部分是女性。 He blamed his parents. Mostly he blamed his dad. 他责怪他的父母，主要是责怪他爸爸。 Register In written English, people often prefer to use generally or for the most part rather than mostly, because they sound more formal: 在书面英语中，人们往往更喜欢用generally或for the most part，而不用mostly，因为前两者语气更正式 Many tourists visit the region, generally for skiing. 大量游客来到这个地区，大多是为了滑雪。 The inhabitants of the village are for the most part elderly. 该村居民大多为老年人。 Examples from the Corpus mostly• I drink sugar-free colas, mostly.• In fact, Owen was thinking mostly about Zeinab.• The people at the theater were mostly college students.• Most homes in town get some water in their basements, mostly due to seepage from the rain.• The 11 men they arrested were mostly footsoldiers: the generals were among the 12 women also caught.• The fog now had mostly lifted.• The computer mostly makes the choice.• It's mostly old people, which means our communities are dying.• I do mostly secretarial-type work.• The birds are mostly static, and still shown in profile - a single figure on each page with no background.• The students here are mostly Swiss and German, but sometimes we get a few Japanese, too.• But mostly the songs are universal enough to apply to lots of people.• Mostly, we talk about the kids.• He mostly writes novels, but he's published a book of poetry too. |
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