adv.(副词)

1. 通常，经常
2. 主要地
3. 一般地
4. 大部分，多半
5. 大多数地
6. 基本上
7. 大概

adv.(副词)

1. 大部分,主要地,多半,通常 mainly; in most cases or most of the time

Adverb:

1. in large part; mainly or chiefly;

   "These accounts are largely inactive"
   

2. usually; as a rule;

   "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
   

1.大多;多半;主要地
You usemostly to indicate that a statement is generally true, for example true about the majority of a group of things or people, true most of the time, or true in most respects.

e.g. I am working withmostly highly motivated people...
和我共事的人大多积极性极高。
e.g. Cars aremostly metal.
轿车的大部分部件是金属制造的。

1. 主要地：most#最 |mostly#主要地 | pretty#十分;颇

2. mostly

2. 主要地,基本上：mosquito 蚊子 |mostly 主要地,基本上 | motion 打手势,点(或摇)头示意

3. 大多数的：l generally一般地 | ├mostly大多数的 | ├chiefly主要的

4. mostly的解释

4. 主要的,大部分：lead 领导,主角 |mostly 主要的,大部分 | air (音乐)曲调,旋律,乐曲

Recycled materials are mostly of limited use.

再生材料大多用途有限。

He reads the occasional book, but mostly just magazines.

他偶尔也看书，但大多只看杂志。

Lizards live mostly in warm climates.

蜥蜴主要生长在气候温暖的地方。

He works mostly in London office.

他通常在伦敦办事处工作。

The sauce is mostly cream.

这沙司主要是奶油。

We're mostly out on Sundays.

我们星期天一般不在家。

I am working with mostly highly motivated people...

和我共事的人大多积极性极高。

Cars are mostly metal.

轿车的大部分部件是金属制造的。

Our weather has been mostly warm.

我们这里的天气多半是暖和的.

Her pains are mostly pure imagination.

她的疼痛多半是纯粹想像出来的东西.

The audience were mostly adolescents.

听众几乎都是年轻人.

The students of Umtata High School were mostly Protestant.

乌姆塔塔中学的学生大多数是新教徒.

The burglars in the city are mostly jobless people.

城里的夜贼多为无业人员.

They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.

他们大多住在近郊.

She uses her car mostly for driving to work.

她的汽车主要用于上下班.

A hard core of supporters, mostly teenage girls, gathered at the airport to see the star arrive.

支持者的中坚分子大多是十几岁的女孩子, 聚集在机场一睹这位明星的到来.

The audience consisted mostly of women.

观众主要是妇女.

The glass of beer was mostly froth.

这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫.

The highest quality paper is made mostly from rags.

上好的纸多半是用破布制造的.

He has the occasional cigarette, but mostly he smokes a pipe.

他偶尔抽香烟, 但通常是抽烟斗.

The sauce is mostly cream.

这沙司主要是奶油。

I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.

我见到了这帮小伙子，他们多数和我年龄相仿。

Timothy was crying, mostly from exhaustion, and his nose was running.

由于太累了，蒂莫西哭的一把鼻涕一把泪。

They feed mostly on decaying vegetable matter.

它们大多以腐烂的蔬菜为食。

He mostly stayed at home tucking up the children.

他主要待在家里，帮孩子们盖好被子睡觉。

In fact, the recordings were mostly unrehearsed improvisations.

事实上，这些唱片收录的大部分乐曲都是没排练过的即兴之作。

I live mostly on coffee and ginger ale.

我主要喝咖啡和姜汁汽水。

AIDS kills mostly the young population of a nation. These are the people who contribute most to a country's economic development.

死于艾滋病的主要是一个国家的年轻人,而正是这些人对国家经济发展贡献最大.

I am working with mostly highly motivated people.

和我共事的人大多积极性极高。

The chapter is mostly wordy rhetoric.

这一章多为冗长的华丽词藻。

There was mostly silence. I have never known such economy with words.

大部分时候都是沉默，我还从未见过如此惜字如金的情形。

1. She uses her car mostly for driving to work.
   她的汽车主要用于上下班。
2. He has the occasional cigarette, but mostly he smokes a pipe.
   他偶尔抽香烟,但通常是抽烟斗。
3. The guests are mostly her friends.
   客人大多数是她的朋友。

• mostly%20memory">read-mostly memory[计] 可改写的只读...
• mostly%20memory">read mostly memory可改写的只读存储器...

• One went through the vain motions, but it was mostly a waste of life.

  出自：H. James

• She talked more about virginity than women mostly do.

  出自：V. Woolf

Setting a Budget & Financial Plan-(建一个预算和财政计划)

A：O.K. So, where do you think we can save more money?
好，那么，你觉得我们可以在哪些方面省钱？

mostly在线翻译

B：Well, we could eat in more. That $300 for entertainment ismostly going to restaurants.
哦，我们可以多在家里吃饭。300元娱乐费大都花在餐馆了。

A：Yeah, that’s a good idea, and you like to cook. What about the books?
是的，这个主意不错，况且你也喜欢做饭。那么书呢？

B：No, I need my books.
那个不行，我得买书。

A：Come on, if we save more money we can retire earlier, and you’ll actually have time to read all those books you buy.
算了吧，如果我们多存些钱就可以早一点退休，那样你才有时间看完你买的所有书。

B：Well, what about the $50 you spent on a shirt? You could’ve gotten something for less.
那么，你50元买一件衬衣呢？你可以买件更便宜的。

mostly什么意思

A：O.K. Let’s compromise, if you agree to only spend $75 on books, I’ll agree to only spend $40 for my next shirt.
好了，我们妥协吧。如果你同意买书只用75元的话，我同意下一件衬衣只用40元。

B：All right. That sounds fair.
好的，这样才公平。

Easy and Difficult-(易学的和难学的语言)

A：People always say that Chinese and English are very hard to learn. Sometimes I wish I were learning French or Japanese. Maybe they'd be easier.
人们常说汉语和英语是很难学的。有的时候我想要是我学法语或日语就好了。 也许这两种语言容易些。

B：Maybe, but maybe not too. It all depends on what language you already speak.
可能，不过也可能不太容易。这要看你原来是说什么语言的。

mostly的反义词

A：Why should that be? What diffrence does it make?
为什么呢？这有什么关系？

B：Well, languages are more or less equally difficult.Most of the things one language says must be said by every language in some way.
哦，语言大体上都是同样地难学。一种语言中所说的绝大部分东西，在别的语言中差不多都有。

A：You mean I could learn Chinese easily?
你的意思是说我学汉语会很容易？

B：No, because your native language is Spanish. But Italian might be easy. It has a lot of words that are similar to words in Spanish. Even the sound systems are more similar than that of Chinese is to Spanish. How difficult a language is to learn dependsmostly on how much it resembles your own language.
不，因为你的母语是西班牙语。所以意大利语可能容易些。它有很多词同西班牙语相似。连它的语音体系也比汉语更接近西班牙语。一种语言是否难学，主要看它在多大程度上同自己的语言相近。

adv.(副词)

mostly, most

这两个词词意不同,但词形相近,前者意为“最”,后者意为“主要地”。

1.用来修饰动词时,前者不能放在动宾之间; 而后者则可以。

2.在修饰含有情态色彩或主观意义的形容词或副词,通常用前者而不用后者。

mainly，chiefly，greatly，largely，mostly，primarily，principally，generally

这些副词均可表示“主要地、大量地”之意。

mainly指主要部分，突出在一系列事物中的相对重要性。

chiefly侧重某人或某物在众多的人或物中占主要和显著地位。

greatly通常强调程度的高。

largely着重范围或分量大大超过别的成分。

mostly强调数量占多半，近乎全部。

primarily侧重基本地，首要地。

principally侧重居首要地位。

generally通常强调普遍性。