chiefly

['tʃi:fli]

adv.主要地

例句与用法：

The Government is chiefly concerned with controlling inflation.

政府的当务之急是控制通货膨胀。

Air consists chiefly of nitrogen.

空气主要由氮气组成。

Cattle feed chiefly on grass.

牛主要以草为食。

The government's revenue is made up chiefly of the money we pay in taxes.

政府的收入主要来源是靠我们所交的税。

Romanian-born sculptor who settled in Paris in1904. He broke sharply with the realist tradition, making abstract sculptures, chiefly in metal and stone, of great geometric simplicity.

布兰诺西，康斯坦丁1876－1957罗马尼亚裔雕刻家，于1904年定居于巴黎。他鲜明地打破现实主义传统，主要用金属和石头为材料创作了极简单明快的几何造型的抽象雕塑

Chiefly, I asked you to remember to write to your dear mother.

我主要是想提醒你写信给你母亲。

Bread is chiefly made of flour.

面包主要是由面粉做成的。

详细释义：

ad.

1. 主要地; 大部分

The land was used chiefly for pasture.

这土地多半用作牧场。

2. 首先, 第一, 尤其

Their worries were chiefly about money.

他们尤为金钱发愁。