adj.主要的；最重要的
n.干線；總管道；[pl](水、煤、電)供應(yīng)系統(tǒng)；大海
The teacher asked me to note down the main points of the speech. 老師要求我把演說的要點記下來。
The speech was most disappointing,it skirted round all the main questions. 這篇演講非常令人失望,它回避了所有主要的問題。
By defeating their main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market. 這家公司擊敗了主要的競爭對手而壟斷了整個小麥?zhǔn)袌觥?/p>
The main road was flooded so we had to go round by narrow country lanes. 公路干線遭水淹沒，我們只得擇鄉(xiāng)間小徑繞行。
用作名詞 (n.)Is that the street that runs parallel to the main? 是那條與主街道平行的街道嗎?
I turned the gas off at the mains before I went out. 我出門之前，把煤氣的總閥關(guān)掉了。
When the water pipe burst she had the intelligence to turn off the water at the main. 水管裂開時,她很有頭腦,連忙把總水門關(guān)上了。
My new house is not yet connected to the mains. 我的新房子還沒接上水、 電、 煤氣呢。
main的基本意思是“主要的”“最重要的”,指某事或某物是整體中最主要或最明顯的,或在大小、潛力或重要性方面優(yōu)于同類事物的。
main在句中只用作定語。
main沒有比較級和最高級形式。
n.(名詞)main用作名詞時意思是(水、煤氣等的)“總管道”,電力、鐵路等的“干線”等,多用于復(fù)數(shù)形式。
n.領(lǐng)地；領(lǐng)域；范圍
n.大陸；本土
vt.維持；維修；保養(yǎng)；堅持；斷言
n.維修；維護(hù)；保持；生活費用；撫養(yǎng)費
