adj. 1.主要的,主,全,总。 2.充分的,尽量的;全力的,有力的。 短语和例子 the main clause 主要子句,主句。 a main event =〔俚语〕 a main go 主要比赛。 the main fleet 主力舰队。 main operations 主力战。 the main pipe 总管(道)。 a main squeeze 〔美俚〕中心人物,首脑,大老板。 the main line 〔英国〕(铁路)干线;〔美国〕主血管;【电话】中继线。 by main force [strength] 全力;全靠武力[力量]。 main chance 获利良机 (have an eye for the main chance 注意抓住谋取私利的良机)。 with main strength 用全力。 n. 1.体力,气力;力〔仅用于 with might and main中〕;主要部分,要点〔仅用于 for [in] the main中〕; 2. 〔诗〕大海,大洋;〔古语〕本土 (= mainland)。 3.(自来水、煤气等的)总管;干线,干管。 4.【航海】 = mainmast;mainsail. water from the main自来水。 短语和例子 a water main自来水总管。 a supply main自来水总管;馈电干线。 for the main 大体上,大致,大抵。 turn on the main 〔俚语〕哭出来。 with (all one's) might and main 尽全力。 vt. 〔美俚〕把(海洛因等)注射进静脉。
most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" 同义词:chief, primary, principal, master,
of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength"
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" 同义词:independent,
a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
any very large body of (salt) water 同义词:briny,
例句与用法
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There are three main types of cancer of the skin . 皮肤癌主要有三种。
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The main outline was completed by 1935 . 基本大纲完成于1935年前后。
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Fishing is still the main industry there . 捕鱼业仍为那里的主要行业。
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She outlined the main points of the talk . 她作了那次讲话内容的提要。
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The main force of the enemy met with a check .. 敌人的主力受到了牵制。
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Main memory cycle time has bottomed out . 主存贮器的周期已趋饱和。
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What are your main concerns as a writer ? 你身为作家,对什么最感兴趣?
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They hauled in the rope with might and main . 他们拼命抓住那绳子。
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Reconnect main lumen to suction source . 请将主腔管道连接吸引源。
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It is tangential to our main objective . 这与我们主要目的有偏离。