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The facts of the burglary at the vicarage came to us chiefly through the medium of the vicar and his wife.

牧师家里失窃的消息主要是通过牧师和他的夫人才传到我们这儿来的。

It is chiefly due to the fact that the sun gets higher in the sky in summer and shines more directly down on that part of the earth.

这主要是由于夏天太阳在空中的位置较高，同时更加直接地照射着地球的那一部分。

Ms. Bair said the FDIC has the resources to implement the plan, although it would be overseen chiefly by Treasury.

她表示，FDIC有实施该计划所需的资源，但这项计划将主要由财政部负责。

However, Mr Depardieu seems to be chiefly attracted by Russia's flat 13 per cent income tax, as he seeks refuge from high taxes in France.

但最吸引德帕迪约的似乎是俄罗斯13%的单一所得税率，因他试图逃避法国的高税收。

A fine, powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a grain, especially wheat, used chiefly in baking.

面粉一种经研磨谷物并筛选其粉末而获得的精细粉状食物，尤指小麦，主要用于烤面包

Colonel Brandon, who was chiefly of use in listening to Mrs. Jennings's forebodings, was not in a state of mind to resist their influence.

布兰顶上校的主要作用在于听取詹尔斯太太的预言，他的精神状态敌不住这些预言的影响。

Chiefly responsible are fundamental economic shifts that may be beyond the power of any US government to seriously influence.

经济上的根本转变，这可能是超出了任何一届美国政府的实力，首先会带来巨大影响。

He was more rational, and once more he was chiefly interested in the land of little sticks and the cache by the river Dease.

他的脑子变得清醒了，他又开始首要的关心起来“小棍子地”和狄斯河边的地窖了。

While he regards himself primarily as a poet, his fame chiefly rests upon his novels, especially upon the Wessex novels.

虽然他一向自认为是诗人，但是他主要因小说创作而成名，特别是威塞克斯系列小说。

The majority of these, were in Latin, whereas it is in the modern languages that the effect of the printing press was chiefly to be felt.

这些书大部分都是拉丁语的，然而印刷术的影响主要地被感觉到还是在现代语言中。

He is often seen as the godfather of celebrity culture, in that from the outset he was noted chiefly for being Oscar Wilde.

他经常被看作名人文化的教父，从一开始，他就主要以是奥斯卡•王尔德而闻名。

The sold land was chiefly that of official land, and the selling restored land to its original state of belonging to the people.

被鬻卖的主要是没官田，鬻卖恢复了其原有的民田形态，且规模不大。

Most countries have got at least somewhere on this, chiefly in what might be called i-government: the provision of information.

许多国家在这方面至少有了一些进展，主要在被称为信息政府（i-government）的信息提供方面。

We go on journeys chiefly to be free of all obstacles and of all inconveniences, to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.

我们旅行主要就是去释放障碍和不便，把我们自己放大脑后，尽可能多地去摆脱他们。

What chiefly surprised me was that he never read the same book twice.

最让我吃惊的是，同一本小说他从来不会看第二遍。

Fraternity: a chiefly social organization of men students at a college or university , usually designated by Greek letters .

大学生联谊会，大学里男生的主要社会组织，通常以希腊字母命名。

There are caps (chiefly men's) and one pair of lacy, embroidered mules of the kind favoured by Venetian courtesans.

各式各样的帽子（主要是男式），一双深受威尼斯交际花喜爱的花边刺绣拖鞋。

In rising through the ranks, Kim Jong-il's skills were chiefly used as a propagandist, a field in which he could indulge his love of cinema.

在地位不断上升的过程中，金正日的技能主要被用在宣传方面，在这个领域，他对于电影的热爱能够得到满足。

All of these people have claimed at the time that what they chiefly wanted was to make friends with me.

所有这些人当时都声称主要目的就是与我交朋友。

He thought chiefly of the interests of his own.

他主要考虑自己的利益。