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/praɪˈmerəli/ · /ˈpraɪmərəli/
Mainly; more than anything else.
主要是
核心畫面
Picture a list of reasons or uses with the biggest one at the top. 'Primarily' points at that top line: this is the main part of the story. It quietly leaves room for the smaller lines underneath — it says 'mostly', not 'only'.
可以想成一張清單，最大的那一項排在最上面。primarily 指的就是最上面那一行：主要是這個。它同時輕輕留了空間給…更多收起
可以想成一張清單，最大的那一項排在最上面。primarily 指的就是最上面那一行：主要是這個。它同時輕輕留了空間給下面比較小的項目——它說的是「主要」，不是「只有」。原始詞典資料1 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。
primarilyadv/ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/
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Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost.
- The idea of fitting a crane to an engine for shunting duties, primarily in works yards, appears to have originated with the North London Railway engine in 1872.
- These spectacles aren't calls for a Hobbesian war of all against all by some insurgent movement that, however dangerous, would have First Amendment protection. They're driven primarily by institutions that we as sovereign citizens created to serve our purposes.
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。