primarily
adv. 首先；主要地，根本上
adv.
首先；首要地，主要地；根本上；本来
双语释义
adv.(副词)主要地,首要地; 本来 mainly; chiefly
英英释义
primarily[ 'praimərəli, prai'me- ]
adv.
for the most part
同义词：chieflyprincipallymainlyin the main
of primary import
"this is primarily a question of economics"
同义词：in the first place
同近义词辨析
principally, mainly, generally, largely, chiefly, primarily, mostly, greatly这组词都有“主要地，大量地”的意思，其区别是：
principally侧重居首要地位。
mainly指主要部分，突出在一系列事物中的相对重要性。
generally通常强调普遍性。
largely着重范围或分量大大超过别的成分。
chiefly侧重某人或某物在众多的人或物中占主要和显著地位。
primarily侧重基本地，首要地。
mostly强调数量占多半，近乎全部。
greatly通常强调程度的高。
双语例句
用作副词(adv.)
Most linguists would say they were concerned primarily with the structure of languages.
大多数语言学家都会说，他们主要研究各种语言的结构。
He is primarily liable for his debt.
他对债务负主要责任或他是主要债务人。
This building was primarily intended to be a dinning hall.
这座建筑原来是打算用作餐厅的。
Primarily a teacher, she later became a writer.
她原先是教师，后来成了作家。
权威例句
Nitric oxide circulates in mammalian plasma primarily as an S-nitroso adduct of serum albumin.Speech Recognition with Primarily Temporal Cues
Mitosis-specific phosphorylation of histone H3 initiates primarily within pericentromeric heterochromatin during G2 and spreads in a...
A comparison of low-molecular-weight heparin administered primarily at home with unfractionated heparin administered in the hospital...
Activation of Hypoxia-inducible Transcription Factor Depends Primarily upon Redox-sensitive Stabilization of Its α Subunit
Forming method for toilet seat integrally formed with embedded heating wire involves using primarily plastic material or glass fiber...
FIGURES 137 148 in An illustrated key to Neotropical termite genera (Insecta: Isoptera) based primarily on soldiers
Active transport of the endothelial cell protein C receptor occurs primarily in the G2 phase of the cell cycle
Growth, from melts, of single crystals of some rare earth metals, primarily yttrium and alloys
The moral judgment of the child.
1. For example, an informational Web site may require particular attention to content, whereas the design of a chair is primarily concerned with form.
资讯网站可能格外关注内容，座椅的设计则首先考虑形式。
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2. The check box is, however, primarily a text-based control.
然而复选框主要是基于文本的控件，它是熟悉而有效的习惯用法。
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3. This information is primarily to help you visualize the persona better as you assemble the behavioral details.
这些信息在合成行为细节时，主要帮助你更好地可视化人物角色。
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4. Although sliders and dials are primarily used as bounded entry controls, they are sometimes used and misused as controls for changing the display of data.
尽管滑块和刻度盘主要用于有界输入控件，它们有时也被用来或者错误地被用来显示正在变化的数据。
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5. Whereas the concern of contemporary artists is primarily self-expression, visual designers are concerned with clear communication.
当代的艺术家主要关注于自我表达，视觉设计者则关注清晰的传达。
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6. Rather than replicate all desktop functions, they are geared primarily towards accessing and viewing information and provide only lightweight input and editing features.
它们没有复制桌面系统的所有功能，而是主要用来访问和阅读数据，并提供了轻量级的输入和编辑功能，可以在偶尔需要时的使用。
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7. Of course, the idea of lightness or darkness is meaningful primarily in context of the value of the background.
当然，谈论明亮程度或者黑暗程度是否有意义，通常是相对于环境中的背景的值而言的。
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8. The user can click and drag any handle to reshape the polygon, one segment at a time. This idiom is primarily useful for drawing programs.
使用者可以单击并拖动任何控制柄调整多边形的形状，每次一段，这个习惯用法在绘图程序中很有用。
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9. Interaction design based primarily on workflow often fails in the same way as “implementation model” software whose interaction is based primarily on its internal technical structure.
如果完全或者主要依赖于工作流的交互设计经常会失败，这个道理同“实现模型”软件的界面构建在内部技术结构之上是一样的。
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10. Appliance interfaces, like the phone interfaces mentioned in the previous section, should primarily be considered transient posture interfaces.
家电界面，比如本章前面提到的电话界面大体上被认为是暂时姿态界面。
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