英语释义

• usually; as a rule;

  "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

片语

in principle大体上，原则上

as a whole总的来说

英汉例句

• until now, the centre—that is, perhaps no more than 200 unelected, often elderly, men—have by and large kept control of the reform process and of the country as a whole.

  到目前为止，中央——或许是由不超过200名的非选举产生（往往是老年男性）的人组成——他们大体上控制了改革进程和整个国家。

• by and large this transformation should be celebrated.

  总的来说，这种转变值得庆贺。

• we have -- or we've had -- the best secondary- and [college]-education system in the world, and we by and large changed the world -- not just ourselves, but also england and some other places.

  我们拥有——或一直以来拥有——全球最好的中等和（大学）教育体系，我们总的来说改变了世界——不仅仅是我们自己，还有英格兰和其他地方。

• here the subordination for a girl is, even now, by and large almost total.

  这里，即使到现在，女孩是从属家庭的，总的来说几乎是全部。

• and at last, i’m afraid, take europe, america is slightly different, but europeans by and large i have to say are ignorant, are unaware about the way the world is changing.

  最后，我恐怕，拿欧洲来说，美国是有点不同的，但大体上，我得说欧洲人是无知的，他们没有意识到世界上正在发生的改变。

• by and large flying is a particularly safe way to travel, but more so in some countries than in others (see chart 7).

  总的来说，乘飞机是非常安全的旅行方式，但在一些国家要比其它国家更为安全（见表7）。

相似词

altogether整个；裸体

basicallyad 主要地，基本上

chieflyad 主要地；首先

generallyad 通常；普遍地，一般地

largelyad 主要地；大部分；大量地

mainlyad 主要地，大体上

mostlyad 主要地；通常；多半地

overall工装裤；罩衫

predominantlyad 主要地；显着地

primarilyad 首先；主要地，根本上

principallyad 主要地；大部分

substantiallyad 实质上；大体上；充分地