英：[ˈprɪnsəpli]
美：[ˈprɪnsəpli]
principally如何读
principally是什么意思
- adv.主要地
principally自然拼读
prin·ci·pal·ly
prIn sih pli [or] prIn sih p li
principally词根
词根：principal
adj.principal 首要的；最重要的
n.principal 校长；委托人，当事人；资本；主犯
principalship 首要的地位、职务
principally英英释义
adjective
most important, consequential, or influential : chief the region's principal city
the principal ingredient
of, relating to, or constituting principal or a principal (see principal entry 2)
noun
a person who has controlling authority or is in a leading position: such as
a chief or head man or woman
the chief executive officer of an educational institution
one who engages another to act as an agent subject to general control and instructionspecifically: the person from whom an agent's authority derives
the chief or an actual participant in a crime
the person primarily or ultimately liable on a legal obligation
a leading performer : star
a matter or thing of primary importance: such as
the construction that gives shape and strength to a roof and is usually one of several trussesbroadly: the most important member of a piece of framing
principally区别
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。
以上来源于网络
principally词源中文解释
14世纪中期， principalli，“大多数，主要地； 最重要的”，源自 principal（形容词）+ -ly（2）。14世纪后期作为“首要的”。1832年出现了“大多数情况下”的意思。
principally词源英文解释
Adjective and Noun Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin principalis, from princip-, princeps
The first known use of principal was in the 14th century
principally儿童词典英英释义
principal1 of 2adjective
most important : chief
the principal ingredient of the stew
principal2 of 2noun
a leading or most important person
the head of a school
a sum of money that is placed to earn interest, is owed as a debt, or is used as a fund
principal1 of 2adjective
most important : chief
the principal ingredient of the stew
principal2 of 2noun
a leading or most important person
the head of a school
a sum of money that is placed to earn interest, is owed as a debt, or is used as a fund
principal1 of 2adjective
most important : chief
the principal ingredient of the stew
principal2 of 2noun
a leading or most important person
the head of a school
a sum of money that is placed to earn interest, is owed as a debt, or is used as a fund
principally 例句
1 Overall, it's probably just as well that Ashes To Ashes is bowing out, but the final few episodes have been excellent, principally because darker storylines have recalled the series' Life On Mars roots.
2 “Manhattan Beach” is principally a novel of New York.
3 Gosling gives a moving, unsentimental performance in what is in effect a reworking of Ferenc Molnár's play Liliom, now principally known as the basis of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.
4 This is principally because the major export markets are slowing.
这主要是因为主要出口市场发展缓慢。
5 Erected principally during the 1970s and 1980s, the district sports a Hellenic theme, and the towering blocks of ersatz classical buildings suggest a Las Vegas casino complex that was sold off as public housing.
6 Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over, and shows it principally in one spot.
笑，是全身舒畅的感觉，而却主要表现于一个部分。
7 New York in summer exists principally out of doors, on baked stoops or broiled sidewalks.
8 He taught, principally at the Julliard School, in New York, held guest professorships in the US and in Europe, and served on the board of the American section of the International Society for Contemporary Music.
9 South Korea and Greece is the sort of fixture that could only command a rapt UK audience during a World Cup, but of course it's England v USA that will principally be occupying domestic attention.
10 Darcy took up a book; Miss Bingley did the same; and Mrs. Hurst, principally occupied in playing with her bracelets and rings, joined now and then in her brother’s conversation with Miss Bennet.
11 Although there were elements of tragedy and struggle in the Fifth Symphony, he had read, it was principally music of love and happiness.
12 Their principal industry was the manufacture, in a long, low, mostly-wooden, two-story factory, of cold cream.
13 His often shockingly obvious behavior deserves examination principally for the ghoulishly revealing light it sheds on what was contemporaneously happening to America’s financial system and government.
14 Ms. Hills also spoke of the dance’s African-Argentine roots among the local mulattos and immigrants, principally in Rio de la Plata, a Buenos Aires suburb.
15 Their descendants today number about 400,000 and are scattered around southern Africa, principally in arid areas like the Kalahari.
16 He gave many lectures to the Institute, principally on botany.
他在该学院开设了很多课程,主要教授植物学。
17 Even when they’re baring their souls, these doctors seem principally to serve the pedagogical purposes of the script.
18 Thailand is by far the largest buyer of Burmese exports (principally gas).
迄今，泰国是缅甸出口商品（主要是天然气）的最大购买方。
19 That emotional balancing act is principally portrayed here by Oscar Isaac, who stars opposite Kingsley as one of those Mossad agents.
20 So it's instructive to see the company presenting Kenneth MacMillan's production of The Sleeping Beauty to a matinee audience composed principally of Manchester school children.
principally 同义词
4 主要地
especially mostly primarily mainly largely predominantly chiefly subjectively in large part in the main basically chief preponderantly pre-eminently for the most part to a great extent substantially centrally extent in large measure
5 主要
great high top head key major main stock master central capital essential primary chief independent leading grand prime broad principal nuclear fundamental underlying ruling dominant integral staple cardinal foremost stellar prevailing primal predominant prima bread-and-butter basilic princeps basilical mainly chiefly paramount proto- trunk airline home star boss arch trunk mainline magistral mostly prot-