| 单词 | largely |
| 释义 | largely (lɑːʳdʒli ) 1. adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 You use largely to say that a statement is not completely true but is mostly true. The fund is largely financed through government borrowing. I largely work with people who already are motivated. Their weapons have been largely stones. Synonyms: mainly, generally, chiefly, widely 2. adverb Largely is used to introduce the main reason for a particular event or situation. Retail sales dipped two percent last month, largely because Americans were buying fewer cars. The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest. Collocations: funded largely The group homes are funded largely through local resources and many have an independent governing structure. Christianity Today Directors were due bonuses of more than 1 million, funded largely by the taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times The study was funded largely by oil and gas companies but carried out by a team of independent scientists. Times, Sunday Times Its disbursement portfolio included loans denominated in 25 local currencies in 2010, and 45 local currencies in 2011, funded largely through swap markets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The estimated $60 million required would be funded largely through a capital campaign and private donations, the diocese, and potentially other parishes in nearby counties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The demonstrations were largely peaceful but varied in mood. Times, Sunday Times That more than anything ensured that 1989 was a largely peaceful transition. Times, Sunday Times The protests were largely peaceful, although a handful of arrests were made. Times, Sunday Times The protesters, who had previously been largely peaceful, resisted. Times,Sunday Times There were 50 arrests yesterday morning but the protests were largely peaceful. Times, Sunday Times He himself was largely responsible for the rising tensions beforehand. Times, Sunday Times That constancy has been largely responsible for driving equity markets onwards and upwards. Times, Sunday Times I'm largely responsible for handpicking every one of my staff. The Sun Tumbling fuel and food prices are largely responsible for the negative rate. The Sun Or should they be valued as wellhoned logistics machines largely responsible for feeding the nation? Times,Sunday Times He was largely self-taught and, whether from obstinacy or innocence, he remained true to oil on canvas and watercolour when both were unfashionable. Times, Sunday Times He was a brilliant musical genius, largely self-taught. Smithsonian He studied at the city's conservatory, but his stay was brief and as a singer he was largely self-taught. Times, Sunday Times Although largely self-taught, he developed a clear and confident vision that scarcely changed over 50 years. Times, Sunday Times He had a largely self-taught knowledge of mathematics and mechanics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other countries who have been largely silent until now weighed in to disagree. Times, Sunday Times Others said he was 'largely silent' in meetings and tried to 'position himself for history' by sending memos that he could then cite in a book. Times, Sunday Times But the president remained largely silent, issuing a lukewarm 21-word tweet declaring his 'deepest sympathies and respect', after rejecting a statement drafted by advisers. Times, Sunday Times As darkness fell, students who had earlier been shouting as they stood feet from officers, fell largely silent but remained cheerful. Times, Sunday Times For months business leaders remained largely silent on the issue. Times, Sunday Times And he's been largely successful in his schemes. Christianity Today His formidable skills as a linguist ensured that this brave strategy was largely successful. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday's leader's speech was a largely successful attempt to do three different things. Times, Sunday Times It's been the subject of a considerable makeover, largely successful. Times, Sunday Times At first, the restrictions proved largely successful. Smithsonian The differences between a state funeral and a ceremonial funeral are largely symbolic. Times, Sunday Times It would be largely symbolic as any permanent peace would require detailed talks. Times, Sunday Times More than the profits, the interest will be on the dividend and how much it goes up from its present, largely symbolic 1.5p a share. Times, Sunday Times Any ban would be largely symbolic for now as none of the three holds any authorised roles in financial services. Times, Sunday Times The trial, likely to be held in the absence of the defendants, will have largely symbolic value and may not lead to compensation. Times, Sunday Times While new sectors, notably tech and gaming, are creating new wealth, old money has been largely unaffected by the recession. Times, Sunday Times Introduced birds on the island are largely unaffected by malaria, and only the amakihi and one other species of honeycreeper show any resistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It concluded that the risks were 'largely unaffected by the presence or absence of extra staff on board'. Times, Sunday Times They are largely unaffected by pests and diseases, although they will require protection from slugs and snails. Times, Sunday Times Milk to be bottled was largely unaffected by the strikes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The public seems largely unaware of its existence. Times, Sunday Times The public remain largely unaware of this issue. Times, Sunday Times Most consumers are largely unaware of the body and its impact on them, something that a trophy victory was supposed to change. Times, Sunday Times That the listeners are largely unaware of technique may be a good thing. Christianity Today Yet tourists wander round largely unaware of the dangers. Times, Sunday Times Their secretive rituals and mysterious ceremonies have gone largely unchanged for centuries. Times, Sunday Times Visitors today can still walk through the facilities, where many of the rooms, including patients’ quarters and a kitchen, remain largely unchanged. Smithsonian Mag Profits this year will be largely unchanged because of that disposal but will rebound in 2016 as new work comes through. Times, Sunday Times This timeless rural watering hole hidden down a sleepy country lane was once popular with 16th-century herders and remains largely unchanged. Times, Sunday Times While the interim numbers were largely unchanged from the same period last year, the group reported strong cash-flow, helping it to reduce debt. Times, Sunday Times Unhappily, left largely unexplored in this book are the therapeutic assumptions that lurk behind both the consumer mindset and the simplicity movement. Christianity Today The largely unexplored waters are thought to contain 50 billion barrels of crude. The Sun It has remained largely unexplored due to high costs and tough conditions. The Sun The region remains largely unexplored. Times, Sunday Times As the breakneck pace of emerging markets growth starts to slow, investors are looking farther afield to boost their returns and examining the largely unexplored sector of 'frontier' markets. Times, Sunday Times The acquisitions between 2006 and 2008 involved fee payments of $700 million to a largely unknown advisory company. Times, Sunday Times Their community was largely unknown to most of us, and their motivation was unknown to their community. Times, Sunday Times The weekend afternoon show host, 34, will be largely unknown to the majority of viewers. The Sun They are one of the best educated and highest achieving, but their beliefs are still largely unknown. Times, Sunday Times But the reasons for trepanning remain largely unknown. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even though the characters in the show are style icons, the awardwinning actor goes largely unnoticed on the street. The Sun It was largely unnoticed until shed and swimming pool owners began to receive hefty bills. Times, Sunday Times This has meant that its impact on the older generation has gone largely unnoticed. Times, Sunday Times The homes of these two working class prime ministers are unmarked and largely unnoticed. Times, Sunday Times His early tweets were blandly unobjectionable — and so, of course, went largely unnoticed. Times,Sunday Times Anyone can set up as a tutor in this largely unregulated market: some outfits open just for a week or two then disappear. Times, Sunday Times Horror stories abound in this lucrative and largely unregulated market. Times, Sunday Times But it remains largely unregulated, with few controls over who can perform these procedures or where. Times, Sunday Times Internet companies, by contrast, are largely unregulated. Times, Sunday Times Many regulators fear that the collapse of such a huge player in the largely unregulated $62 trillion market for these policies could cause chaos across the world. Times, Sunday Times For a while the government experimented with controls on prices and incomes in a largely unsuccessful attempt to stop the leapfrogging of pay demands. Times,Sunday Times The struggle to stage any kind of meaningful recovery has been long, arduous and, so far, largely unsuccessful. Times, Sunday Times Attempts to sublet to bigger retailers, however, have been largely unsuccessful and moves to bring in supermarkets have been restricted by local authorities. Times, Sunday Times Most also went through a long initial period in which they were largely unsuccessful as investors, learning by making mistakes, before they found an approach that worked for them. Times, Sunday Times Attempts at revitalizing it in the 1980s with management and worker incentive programs were largely unsuccessful. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Within a year he unveiled new guidance on social media prosecutions - a largely untested area of law. Times,Sunday Times Until that point he had been largely untested, while his seemingly arrogant personality had rubbed many up the wrong way. Times, Sunday Times The commission said it was worth funding because 'it involves a largely untested but important area of law'. Times, Sunday Times These compositional differences lead to widely variable pharmacokinetics, the effects of which remain largely untested clinically. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The popular but largely untested theory describes in five distinct stages how people deal with grief and tragedy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The thrill will be to work with the original, largely untouched medieval masonry. Times, Sunday Times And the design and decor has been largely untouched since then. Times, Sunday Times The interiors had been largely untouched, with every original feature still intact and in reasonable condition. Times, Sunday Times The croissants remained largely untouched as we nervously pulled on our suits and bibs, and stared up at the sparkling — and steep — course above. Times, Sunday Times But it remains largely untouched by banking regulations. Times, Sunday Times His structural reforms to the economy have been limited largely to a rise in the retirement age and a relaxation of the 35-hour working week. Times, Sunday Times The aircraft used a measure of magnesium and titanium in the fuselage, the latter limited largely to the area around the engines and to fasteners. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For some decades practice was limited largely to professionals because it involved laborious wet-plate processes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Guild unions operate locally in most areas, but are limited largely to issuing credentials and licenses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Profits were dented by a $4.23 billion fourth-quarter loss, owing largely to pension accounting charges. Times, Sunday Times In 1650, though, owing largely to the rise of graphite, which was easy to sharpen and didn't cost an arm and a leg to re-point, silverpoint died out again. Times, Sunday Times The next two years did not bring the same level of success, owing largely to knee surgery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The re-release received markedly poorer reviews, owing largely to improvements made by its successor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Owing largely to environmental concerns, however, construction of the proposed dam was halted partway through construction in 1975 and never finished. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Undergraduates had to rely largely on inner motivation. The Times Literary Supplement Yet they too rely largely on the internet, rather than on insight and interview. Times, Sunday Times Many anti-ageing products rely largely on moisturisers to give the appearance of youthful skin. Times, Sunday Times Otherwise, previously we had to rely largely on art historical analysis, comparing details on one tomb with those on another. Times, Sunday Times Tennis events rely largely on lucrative broadcast rights deals. Times,Sunday Times Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The balconies rest largely on these beams. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The future of the game rests largely on the gap narrowing further. Times, Sunday Times His success as a linguist (and as a writer) rests largely on his phenomenal skill as a mimic: it was a skill he seemed unable to suppress. The Times Literary Supplement The defense rested largely on two soil-science experts who testified that there was strong evidence the levee failed due to natural causes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This support stems largely from its appeals mechanism that allows athletes to plead mitigating circumstances. Times, Sunday Times The problem stems largely from the sheer strength of demand for housing. Times, Sunday Times The rise of populism stems largely from the damage caused by the 2008 financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times This confidence stems largely from the full faith and credit guarantee. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Support for the critical period theory stems largely from theoretical arguments and analogies to other critical periods in biology such as visual development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 主要地 Japanese: 主として |
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