- not completely, but as a most important part主要地；首要地 synonym primarily, mainly
- We are chiefly concerned with improving educational standards.我们主要关心的是提高教育水平。🔊🔊
- He's travelled widely, chiefly in Africa and Asia.他游历了许多地方，主要在非洲和亚洲。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- It is for his goalscoring exploits that fans chiefly remember him.球迷主要记住他是因为他的进球能力。
- Most American firms borrowed chiefly from banks.大多数美国公司主要从银行借款。
- The dollar finished the day lower, chiefly because of expectations of a cut in US interest rates.美元收盘下跌，主要是因为预期美国会降息。
- The following chapter is chiefly concerned with answering these questions.下一章主要涉及回答这些问题。
- The scientists cannot be held solely or even chiefly to blame.责任不能完全甚至主要由科学家来承担。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChiefly is used with these adjectives: - composed
- concerned
- interested
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