- 1rB1/ˈmoʊstli/ · /ˈməʊstli/大多；主要
Used to say that something is true or happens in most cases, or that most of a group is a certain way.
Used to say用來表示 that something is true or happens in most cases某件事大多是真的或大多會發生 or that most of a group is a certain way或一個群體裡大多數是某種樣子
示範例句 · Example
Mostly, we just talked about school and games.
逐字大多，我們只是談論學校和遊戲。
mostly 可以想成從 most（大部分的）加上 -ly 變成的副詞——核心意思還是「大部分」，只是從修飾名詞的限定詞，變成修飾動詞或整個句子。它可以放在句子最前面（Mostly, we...），也可以放在一般動詞前面（I mostly write...）。mostly 常跟 mainly 换用，但更口語，範圍是「大多數時間、大多數人、大多數東西」。
core核心畫面
Picture a jar of beans that is nearly all black beans, with a few white ones mixed in. When you point at it and say 'mostly black beans', you are naming the big part while quietly admitting the small part is still in there. That gesture — pointing at the large share, not at the whole — can be held as the picture inside 'mostly'. It works the same way over time: mark the days when something happens as the big block on a calendar, leave a few days , and 'mostly' is how you describe that calendar in one word.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mostlyadv/ˈməʊstli/
- 1
Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
- They're mostly good people, although they have made a few mistakes.
- Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
- 2
obsoleteTo the greatest extent; most.
- She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized [...]!
- 3
Synonym of probably, likely.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。