1. 大致上;總體上;一般地說(shuō) You use largely to say that a statement is not completely true but is mostly true.
e.g. The fund is largely financed through government borrowing... 該基金大致上由政府借款支持。 e.g. I largely work with people who already are motivated... 我大多和積極主動(dòng)的人一起工作。
2. (用于說(shuō)明原因)主要地 Largely is used to introduce the main reason for a particular event or situation.
e.g. Retail sales dipped 6/10ths of a percent last month, largely because Americans were buying fewer cars... 上月零售額下降了千分之六,主要是因為美國人買(mǎi)汽車(chē)少了。 e.g. The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest. 法蘭西帝國的擴張主要靠軍事征服。
largely英英釋義
adv
1. in large part mainly or chiefly
e.g. These accounts are largely inactive
Synonym: mostlyfor the most part
2. on a large scale
e.g. the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the back row