main

[mein]

adj.主要的, 最重要的
n.干线, 总管道, [pl](水、煤、电)供应系统, 大海

例句与用法：

The speech was most disappointing; it skirted round all the main questions.

这篇演讲非常令人失望，它回避了所有主要的问题。

The main road was flooded so we had to go round by narrow country lanes.

公路干线遭水淹没，我们只得择乡间小径绕行。

By defeating their main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market.

这家公司击败了主要的竞争对手而垄断了整个小麦市场。

The teacher asked me to note down the main points of the speech.

老师要求我把演说的要点记下来。

I turned the gas off at the mains before I went out.

我出门之前，把煤气的总阀关掉了。

词形变化：

名词: maimer | 动词过去式: maimed | 动词过去分词: maimed | 动词现在分词: maiming | 动词第三人称单数: maims |

详细释义：

a.[Z][B]

1. 主要的, 最重要的

She noted down the main points of the speech.

她把演说的要点记了下来。

2. 尽力的, 全力的

n.

1. (自来水, 煤气等的)总管道[C]

Water is supplied from the mains.

水的供应来自总水管。

2. (电, 铁路等的)干线[C]

3. 体力; 力量[U]

4. 主要部分; 要点[the S]

She devoted the main of the second chapter to the political system of the country.

她在第二章里主要讨论了该国的政治体制。

His ideas are, in the main, impractical.

他的主意大体说来很不实际。

5. 大陆

6. 【书】大海, 海洋[the S]

短语词组：

in the main

1. 基本上

The letters, in the main, were from his father.

这些信大部分是他父亲写来的。