Mostly

(adv.) For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.

艾德蒙编辑

• They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But men of your character are mostly so independent. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Norfolk was what he had mostly to talk of: there he had been some time, and everything there was rising in importance from his present schemes. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The Colonel had his office full of people, mostly from the neighboring States of Missouri and Kentucky, making complaints or asking favors. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They spoke low, as people watching and waiting mostly do; as people in a dark room, watching and waiting for Lightning, always do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Mostly they come for skill--or idleness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A new occasion was mostly spectacular to her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Meyers never told his wife what horses he was playing and she won or lost, mostly lost, and talked all the time. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Miss Wade mostly lives abroad, Mr Clennam. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• When the son was a little child, it was up and down these stairs that he mostly came and went to his father. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• There were a great many people, mostly of the decent sort, at the bar. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• They belonged mostly to the Caucasian group of races and to the blond and northern subdivision of the group, to the Nordic race that is. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• His troops were still east of the river, and the steamers that had carried Nelson's division up were mostly at Clarksville to bring Smith's division. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It was estimated that in 1770 there were fifteen thousand slaves in Britain, mostly brought over by their owners from the West Indies and Virginia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• On Sundays he mostly lay all day on the sluice-gates, or stood against ricks and barns. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A great variety of lamps was made of the platinum-iridium type, mostly with thermal devices to regulate the temperature of the burner and prevent its being melted by an excess of current. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• To improve such earthenware and to best decorate it, are the objects around which modern inventions have mostly clustered. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He loved his mistress and John--the man who fed him--but was mostly indifferent to the rest of the world. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mostly these men have worked against great discouragement, with insufficient funds and small help or support from the mass of mankind. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The molds are made of cast-iron in sections of such size and weight as will be most convenient for handling, mostly in pieces not exceeding two by four feet in rectangular dimensions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Thimonnier made quite a large number of machines, constructed mostly of wood, and which were used to make army clothing at Paris. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• This is used mostly in tanning soft, glovey upper leather, which when finished makes a very tough yet soft and pliable leather for footwear. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The shops were blazing and packed with women, in the streets were men, mostly men, miners of all ages. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• They had been organized in guilds, and were mostly their own employers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And mostly in difficulties, yet mostly lavish, too, in the expensive articles of print and paper. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They were mostly silent, talking as their thoughts strayed through their minds. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Emaciated arms and legs attached to a torso which seemed to be mostly distorted abdomen completed the holy vision of her radiant beauty. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Mostly I slept in the mornings, and in the afternoons, sometimes, I went to the races, and late to the mechanotherapy treatments. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• They were mostly drawn from that which, when such distinctions existed, was denominated the lower rank of society. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The look and behaviour of everybody they had seen were discussed, except of the person who had mostly engaged their attention. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.

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