- 1rB2
/ˈlɑːrdʒli/
used to say that something is true or happens for the most part, but not completely.
主要；大部分
核心畫面
Picture a claim being made and, at the same time, a small corner of it being left open: most of this is true, and I am not going to pretend all of it is. The word does that hedging job in one step — it commits to the main part and quietly protects the exception.
可以想成：一句話說出口的同時，還留了一個小角落沒有封起來——大部分是這樣，但我不會假裝全部都是。這個字一步就做完這件…更多收起
可以想成：一句話說出口的同時，還留了一個小角落沒有封起來——大部分是這樣，但我不會假裝全部都是。這個字一步就做完這件事：先承認主要的部分，再悄悄替例外留一點空間。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
largelyadv/ˈlɑːd͡ʒ.li/
- 1
In a widespread or large manner.
- She smiled at Aristide, who smiled at her, and Jean, seeing them happy, smiled largely at them both.
- 2
For the most part; mainly or chiefly.
- They were largely successful in their efforts.
- Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.
- 3
On a large scale; amply.
- Usually there was a jug of one or other decoction standing on the hob, from which he drank largely. "Grand!" he said, smacking his lips after wormwood. "Grand!" And he exhorted the children to try.
- 4
obsoleteFully, at great length.
- It ill beseemes a knight of gentle sort, / Such as ye haue him boasted, to beguile / A simple mayd, and worke so haynous tort, / In shame of knighthood, as I largely can report.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。