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高中CET4CET6IELTS考研

英[meɪn]
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基本释义

adj.
主要的
n.
主管道; 水源; (水等)供应系统

词性变化

实用例句

Be careful crossing the main road .

过大马路时小心点儿。

牛津词典

the main course (= of a meal)

主菜

牛津词典

We have our main meal at lunchtime.

我们的正餐是午饭。

牛津词典

Reception is in the main building.

接待处在主楼。

牛津词典

Poor housing and unemployment are the main problems.

住房条件差和失业是主要问题。

牛津词典

The main thing is to stay calm.

最重要的是要保持冷静。

牛津词典

a leaking gas main

漏气的煤气总管

牛津词典

The house is not yet connected to the mains.

这房子还没有通水电。

牛津词典

The electricity supply has been cut off at the mains .

电的供应在电源处被切断。

牛津词典

Plug the transformer into the mains (= the place on a wall where electricity is brought into a room) .

将变压器插入电源。

牛津词典

mains gas/water/electricity

煤气 / 水 / 电供应系统

牛津词典

The shaver will run off batteries or mains.

这个剃须刀可用电池或电源驱动。

牛津词典

mains drainage

排水系统

牛津词典

The service here is, in the main, reliable.

这里的服务基本上是可靠的。

牛津词典

...one of the main tourist areas of Amsterdam...

阿姆斯特丹的主要旅游区之一

My main concern now is to protect the children...

我现在最关心的就是要保护好孩子们。

Tourists are, in the main, sympathetic people...

大体说来,游客们都富有同情心。

In the main, children are taboo in the workplace.

工作场所基本上禁止儿童进入。

...the water supply from the mains...

总管道的自来水供应

The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night.

从周三晚上开始,首都就停水了。

...amplifiers which plug into the mains...

接通电源的扩音器

Make sure plugs are disconnected from the mains...

确保插头与电源断开。

真题例句

What do animals do? There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adapt or migrate.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Rather than superpower conflict, countries unable to cope with food shortages now constitute the main threat to world security.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

In the 20th century the main threat to international security was superpower conflict; today it is failing states.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Much of the criticism is directed at the British Airports Authority, which runs seven major airports, including the three main ones serving in London.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

One of the main theoretical home-security concerns is whether or not a given system is vulnerable to being blocked from working altogether.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

What is the main concern of students when they choose a major?

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

i) The main worry is regulatory uncertainty.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

What is the main idea of the passage

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Her main reason for returning to academia mid-career was to take advantage of the greater freedom to choose research questions.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Students mark the main ideas and important details with a pen or pencil, yellow or blue or orange.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

For example, maybe you will mark main ideas in yellow, important details in blue and new words in orange

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Not paying attention to his driving, McLaughlin turned right on main street in 33rd street and hit Volkswagen Rabbit.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

He tore down the company's main gate

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Farmington, Utah, is a more pleasant community since a local girls' 4-H club improved Main Street.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

The experience on Main Street stimulated self-improvement, and encouraged members to take pride in their home grounds and the total community

出自-2013年6月听力原文

What do we learn about Main Street in Farmington?

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Well, the main activities in the region were historically steel and paper processing, I think.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

What is Chris's main responsibility at Taxlong Company?

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Now with three places my main concern is keeping the business successful and running smoothly.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

A study by the University of Manchester calculated the emissions of CO2—the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change—at every stage of microwaves, from manufacture to waste disposal.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

Around 1804, Talleyrand challenged Careme to produce a full menu for his personal castle, instructing the young baker to use local, seasonal fruits and vegetables and to avoid repeating main dishes over the course of an entire year.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

For a banquet celebrating the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia's visit to George IV's Brighton Pavillion on Jan.18th, 1817, the menu featured 120 different dishes, highlighting eight different soups, 40 main courses, and 32 desserts.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

In the center of the main road, there's a long line of flags of the world.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Japan says fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Local media reports suggest Calbee and its main rival Koike-Ya are halting almost 50 products.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Much of the criticism is directed at the British airports Authority, which runs seven major airports, including the three main ones serving in London.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

On a recent fall morning, a large crowd blocked the steps at one of Venice's main tourist sites, the Rialto Bridge.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

since the 1990s, the council has surveyed hundreds of thousands of knitters and crocheters, who routinely list stress relief and creative fulfillment as the activities' main benefits.

2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Songdo is a stone's throw from South Korea's Incheon airport, its main international hub(枢纽).

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Storms and floods in its main potato growing region last year caused the worst harvest in more than 3 decades.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

These sauces—bechamel, veloute, espagnole and allemande—formed the central building blocks for many French main courses.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

This is after the country's main manufacturer stopped sales due to a potato shortage.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

One main factor that has driven up medical expenses is that doctors are compensated for the amount of care rather than its effect.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

It's true that the main reason inner-city schools do poorly isn't teachers' unions, but poverty.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Professor Henderson, could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research? I have many Business English students.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

His main thesis is that the buzz of urban life, and the opportunities it offers for co-operation and collaboration, is what attracts people to the city, which in turn makes cities into the engines of art, commerce, science and progress.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical (不道德的)behavior in general.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

What is the author's main concern about American higher education?

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

What is a main concern of the writers of Generation O?

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

:What is the woman's main consideration in hiring a car?

出自-2014年6月听力原文

It won't be a problem, but I need to send them over to our main cleaning facility.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

The man has to go to the main cleaning facility

出自-2013年12月听力原文

A recent study shows that meat consumption is one of the main ways that human can damage the environment, second only to the use of motor vehicles.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

After outlining the main points she would cover, she assured the audience that she would be happy to answer questions at the end of her presentation.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

What is Chris's main responsibility at Taxlong Company?

出自-2011年12月听力原文

She would prefer to start writing about something more interesting and less unpleasant such as local news or politics, maybe next year Florence Hayes Green Ville 32 What is Florence Hayes' main responsibility as a journalist

出自-2011年6月听力原文

"And yet that happens every day in the video game world," Farley told reporters during a press conference Friday. "I was a main character in Fallout 4, a character by the name of Kellogg, and I never knew that I was doing vocal recording for that game thr

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

In 2018, farmers will plant the varieties with the most promise in the Ebro Delta and Europe's other two main rice-growing regions—along the Po in Italy, and France's Rhone.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Or head out to the mall, or Main Street, look and shop, and buy.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Professor Henderson, could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research?

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Science journalism is the main channel for the popularization of scientific information among the public.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

So now, the main challenge was to find the right material for printing clothes with, I mean the material you feed the printer with.

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The big questions are which, if any, of the large traditional retailers will still be on the scene in a decade or two because they have successfully reinvented themselves, which new players will operate busy stores on Main Streets and maybe even in shoppi

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

The main building is topped with a Georgian tower with four sculptures of the mythical winged horse, the magazine's corporate logo.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Today's crisis in care for older people in England has two main causes.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Although the main attraction was the soup, Roze's chain shops also set a new standard for dining out.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Always keep in mind that your main task is to get this company running smoothly.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 单项选择 原文

Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into basements, and the second stories into main floors, or hoist the entire buildings to meet the new street level.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Captions usually summarize the author's main point as well.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

College Conservatory of Music (CCM): performances are on the main campus (校园) of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett theater.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don't cook more often: ability, money and time, money is a topic i'll save for another day.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

It should be the main concern of law makers.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

It tells you the main idea of the graph by stating what kind of information is being shown.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

It's almost never good to start a meeting with general comments such as:"I didn't understand what you said about [main topic of the course] "or "I couldn't understand any of your lectures last week."

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

Our final day, Friday, sees us visit central Paris and tour the main sights.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The graph has a title, a main idea, and supporting details.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The main question is whether you want your arms inside or outside the sleeping bag.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The main reasons we get angry are triggering events, personality traits, and our assessment of situations.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

The passage begins with two questions to introduce the main topic.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读C 题设

There are three main types of cryptography.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

With these main reasons in mind, we can evaluate our level of anger throughout the day and prevent cases of outbursts by comprehending the reasons for our feelings.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Our main end was to catch fish.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

The solution is to change the mindset of the academic community, and what it considers to be its main goal.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

The charter’s main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week , which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

As the international education market expands, the recent slowdown in the number of international students studying in the main English-speaking countries is likely to continue, especially if there are no effective strategic policies to prevent such slippage.

出自-2017年考研翻译原文

"Our main end was to catch fish. "

2009年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Critics make three main arguments against gene patents: a gene is a product of nature, so it may not be patented; gene patents suppress innovation rather than reward it; and patents'monopolies restrict access to genetic tests such as Myriad's.

2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The charter's main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week, which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute.

2016年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment.

2015年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The main purpose of this "clawback" rule is to hold bankers accountable for harmful risk-taking and to restore public trust in financial institution.

2019年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. any very large body of (salt) water

  • 2. a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

Adjective
  • 1. most important element;

    "the chief aim of living"

    "the main doors were of solid glass"

    "the principal rivers of America"

    "the principal example"

    "policemen were primary targets"

  • 2. of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

    "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"

  • 3. of force; of the greatest possible intensity;

    "by main strength"

同义词辨析

chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary

这些形容词均含有"首要的,主要的"之意。

  • chief: 指人时,表同类中职位最高,权力最大;指物时,表同类中最重要,价值最高。
  • principal: 用于人时,指地位优于其他人;用于物时,指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
  • main: 通常只用于物。指在一定范围内,某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
  • major: 指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较,显得更加重要和突出。
  • leading: 侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
  • capital: 着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
  • foremost: 侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
  • primary: 通常不用于人。用于物时,指在重要性方面占第一位。

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