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main adj.主要的；最重要的n.干线；总管道；[pl](水、煤、电)供应系统；<古>大海 (1) 老师要求我把演说的要点记下来。(2) 这篇演讲非常令人失望,它回避了所有主要的问题。(3) 这家公司击败了主要的竞争对手而垄断了整个小麦市场。(4) 公路干线遭水淹没，我们只得择乡间小径绕行。(5) 他们的大部分投资在战争中损失了。(6) 是那条与主街道平行的街道吗?(7) 我出门之前，把煤气的总阀关掉了。(8) 水管裂开时,她很有头脑,连忙把总水门关上了。(9) 我的新房子还没接上水、 电、 煤气呢。 The main theme of your English paper is your thesis, the basic, fundamental thing you're trying to express in your writing. The main road in town is the most busy and populated — in fact, in many places this road is called "Main Street." This adjective describes things that stand out as the most important or prominent in their category. In the thirteenth century, it meant "large or strong," and came from the Old English mægen, "power, strength, or force."

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英 [meɪn] 美 [meɪn] (1) The teacher asked me to note down the main points of the speech.(2) The speech was most disappointing,it skirted round all the main questions.(3) By defeating their main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market.(4) The main road was flooded so we had to go round by narrow country lanes.(5) The main of their investments was lost in the war.(6) Is that the street that runs parallel to the main?(7) I turned the gas off at the mains before I went out.(8) When the water pipe burst she had the intelligence to turn off the water at the main.(9) My new house is not yet connected to the mains. When you describe something as main, you mean it's the most important, well-known, or biggest of its kind. The main branch of the post office in a city is usually the largest and busiest. 1[ADJ 形容词]主要的；最重要的 The main thing is the most important one of several similar things in a particular situation.   [det ADJ]...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。What are the main differences and similarities between them?他们之间主要的异同点是什么？2[PHRASE 短语]大体上；基本上 If you say that something is true in the main, you mean that it is generally true, although there may be exceptions.   [PHR with cl]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。3[N-COUNT 可数名词](室内煤气、自来水或污水的)总管道，主管道 The mains are the pipes which supply gas or water to buildings, or which take sewage away from them.   [usu pl]...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。4[N-PLURAL 复数名词]电力线；电源 The mains are the wires which supply electricity to buildings, or the place where the wires end inside the building.   [usu the N]  [mainly BRIT 主英]...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。It is mains or battery powered.它是由电源或者电池供电的。

英语单词	main
英美音标	英 [meɪn] 美 [meɪn]
中文释义	adj.主要的；最重要的 n.干线；总管道；[pl](水、煤、电)供应系统；<古>大海
英语例句	(1) The teacher asked me to note down the main points of the speech. (2) The speech was most disappointing,it skirted round all the main questions. (3) By defeating their main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market. (4) The main road was flooded so we had to go round by narrow country lanes. (5) The main of their investments was lost in the war. (6) Is that the street that runs parallel to the main? (7) I turned the gas off at the mains before I went out. (8) When the water pipe burst she had the intelligence to turn off the water at the main. (9) My new house is not yet connected to the mains.
中文例句	(1) 老师要求我把演说的要点记下来。 (2) 这篇演讲非常令人失望,它回避了所有主要的问题。 (3) 这家公司击败了主要的竞争对手而垄断了整个小麦市场。 (4) 公路干线遭水淹没，我们只得择乡间小径绕行。 (5) 他们的大部分投资在战争中损失了。 (6) 是那条与主街道平行的街道吗? (7) 我出门之前，把煤气的总阀关掉了。 (8) 水管裂开时,她很有头脑,连忙把总水门关上了。 (9) 我的新房子还没接上水、电、煤气呢。
vocabulary简明	When you describe something as main, you mean it's the most important, well-known, or biggest of its kind. The main branch of the post office in a city is usually the largest and busiest.
vocabulary扩展	The main theme of your English paper is your thesis, the basic, fundamental thing you're trying to express in your writing. The main road in town is the most busy and populated — in fact, in many places this road is called "Main Street." This adjective describes things that stand out as the most important or prominent in their category. In the thirteenth century, it meant "large or strong," and came from the Old English mægen, "power, strength, or force."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]主要的；最重要的 The main thing is the most important one of several similar things in a particular situation. [det ADJ] ...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。 What are the main differences and similarities between them? 他们之间主要的异同点是什么？ 2 [PHRASE 短语]大体上；基本上 If you say that something is true in the main, you mean that it is generally true, although there may be exceptions. [PHR with cl] 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。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](室内煤气、自来水或污水的)总管道，主管道 The mains are the pipes which supply gas or water to buildings, or which take sewage away from them. [usu pl] ...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。 4 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]电力线；电源 The mains are the wires which supply electricity to buildings, or the place where the wires end inside the building. [usu the N] [mainly BRIT 主英] ...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。 It is mains or battery powered. 它是由电源或者电池供电的。

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