mostly

adv.大部分，多半；主要地；基本上；通常

adv.

1. 主要地；一般地；通常
   mainly; generally
   1. The sauce is mostly cream.
      这沙司主要是奶油。
   2. We're mostly out on Sundays.
      我们星期天一般不在家。

1. The hard-line speech appears to be mostly for domestic consumption
   强硬路线的讲话似乎主要是说给国内人听的。
2. There was mostly silence. I have never known such economy with words.
   大部分时候都是沉默，我还从未见过如此惜字如金的情形。
3. Back then, women on TV were mostly seen as eye candy
   那时候，电视中的女性大多都被看作花瓶。
4. His fan base is mostly middle-aged ladies.
   他的崇拜者大多是中年女士。
5. Mostly, they fight about paying bills.
   通常他们是为谁来支付账单而争吵。
6. I live mostly on coffee and ginger ale.
   我主要喝咖啡和姜汁汽水。
7. Our long courtship had been conducted mostly by letter.
   我俩长期的恋爱过程基本上靠的是书信。
8. They feed mostly on decaying vegetable matter.
   它们大多以腐烂的蔬菜为食。
9. I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.
   我见到了这帮小伙子，他们多数和我年龄相仿。
10. I am working with mostly highly motivated people
    和我共事的人大多积极性极高。
11. Cars are mostly metal.
    轿车的大部分部件是金属制造的。
12. Her own twelve pictures sold fairly well, mostly to friends and family
    她自己的12幅画卖得相当好，多半卖给了朋友和家人。
13. They have mostly invested their money in expensive real estate.
    他们已把钱主要投资到昂贵的房地产业了。
14. Gwen had not seen her Daddy all that much, because mostly he worked on the ships
    格温一直不常见到她父亲，因为他大部分时间在船上工作。
15. I mostly wore black or navy trousers.
    我大部分时间穿黑色或深蓝色裤子。
16. The scheme mostly benefits people in the North and Midlands.
    该方案主要的受益者是北部和中部地区的人们。
17. The phantom used to appear unexpectedly, but mostly during the winter.
    那个幽灵过去常常出人意料地出现，但是大多在冬季。
18. The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this.
    美国国会和媒体大都没搞清这一切的核心问题。
19. He wants to set up a profit-making company, owned mostly by the university.
    他想成立一家主要归这所大学所有的营利性公司。
20. Students 'interests are mostly limited to the academic realm.
    学生们的兴趣大多限于学术领域。
21. Patients are mostly referred to hospital by their general practitioners
    病人大多数是在他们的全科医生建议下转往医院就医。
22. Timothy was crying, mostly from exhaustion, and his nose was running.
    蒂莫西正在哭泣，主要是因为太累了，而且他还流着鼻涕。
23. His siblings are mostly in their early twenties
    他的兄弟姐妹大多二十出头。
24. 1.4 million council homes have been sold, mostly to sitting tenants.
    已经出售了140万套廉租公房，大部分购买者都是房子的承租人。
25. She was counting out 30p, mostly in small change, into my hand.
    她数出了30便士——大部分是零钱——递给了我。
26. The guests were mostly middle-aged men talking business.
    顾客多数是些谈正事的中年男子。
27. Since 1804 the country has mostly been ruled by tyrants.
    自1804年以来，该国大部分时间都处于暴君的统治之下。
28. Conservationists are mostly wedded to preserving diversity in nature.
    自然环境保护主义者大多致力于保持物种的多样性。
29. The chapter is mostly wordy rhetoric.
    这一章多为冗长的华丽词藻。
30. They are mostly advanced workers.
    他们大多是先进工作者。