primarily
音标：
英音/ praɪˈmerəli / 美音/ praɪˈmerəli /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Despite widespread local restrictions on the industry, India is one of the world’s largest beef producers, due primarily to its water buffalo market – a species which is exempt from many of the bans.
尽管当地对该行业存在广泛的限制，但印度仍然是世界上最大的牛肉生产国之一，这主要是由于其水牛市场——该物种不受许多禁令的限制。
—BBC
Danny Hakim is a reporter on the Investigations team at The Times, focused primarily on politics.
丹尼·哈基姆 (Danny Hakim) 是《泰晤士报》调查团队的一名记者，主要关注政治领域。
—New York Times
A large group of ozone depleting chemicals were responsible – primarily CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons – that were used as refrigerants.
造成这一现象的原因是一大批消耗臭氧层的化学物质——主要是用作制冷剂的氟氯化碳或氯氟烃。
—BBC
基本释意：
adverb
for the most part
主要地，首要地，根本地
同义词：
chiefly,in the main,mainly,principally,in the first place
短释义：
You can use the adverb primarily any time you’d use the word “mainly” — today, many people rely primarily on the Internet to get their news. This doesn’t mean they never read newspapers or watch television news, but most of the time, they learn about current events online. The Latin root of primarily is primus, which means first — most important, most likely, or what you choose before anything else.
主要意思是“大部分”。如果在夏天，您主要在餐厅工作，这是您做最多的事情，尽管您也可能与朋友一起出去玩、锻炼身体和读书。
长释义：
You can use the adverb primarily any time you’d use the word “mainly” — today, many people rely primarily on the Internet to get their news. This doesn’t mean they never read newspapers or watch television news, but most of the time, they learn about current events online. The Latin root of primarily is primus, which means first — most important, most likely, or what you choose before anything else.
当你使用“主要”这个词时，你可以使用副词“主要”——今天，许多人主要依靠互联网来获取新闻。这并不意味着他们从不读报纸或看电视新闻，但大多数时候，他们在网上了解时事。 Primary 的拉丁词根是 primus，意思是“第一”——最重要的、最有可能的，或者是你在其他事情之前选择的。
文学例句：
I keep finding samples that primarily contain silicon or aluminum or magnesium.
我不断发现主要含有硅、铝或镁的样品。
—A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga
So after three died on the West Side, Colin’s parents began to read with him, everywhere and always—primarily in English but also from French-language picture books.
因此，在西区三人去世后，科林的父母开始和他一起读书，无论何时何地——主要是英语，但也有法语图画书。
—An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
But now the two move from partnership to marriage with the announcement that Paisley will have her own department in each Superstore, called Paisley Notions—dedicated primarily to sewing and other crafts.
但现在，两人从合作关系走向了婚姻关系，并宣布佩斯利将在每家超市设立自己的部门，称为佩斯利概念，主要致力于缝纫和其他工艺品。
—Hope Springs by Jaime Berry
词源：
assent (n.)early 14c., “consent, approval,” from Old French assent, a back-formation from assentir “to agree” (see assent (v.)). “Assent is primarily an act of the understanding; consent is distinctly the act of the will: as, I assent to that proposition; I consent to his going” [Century Dictionary].Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
Assent (n.) 14世纪初期，“同意、批准”，源自古法语 assent，是来自 assentir“同意”的反向形成形式（参见 assent (v.)）。 “同意主要是一种理解的行为；同意显然是意志的行为：因为，我同意那个提议；我同意他去”[世纪词典]。相关条目及更多
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