考研These new forms were at first mainly written by scholars and performed by amateurs, but in England, as everywhere else in western Europe, the growth of a class of professional actors was threatening to make the drama popular, whether it should be new or old, classical or medieval, literary or farcical.

这些新形式最初主要由学者创作，由业余爱好者表演，但在英国，与西欧其他地方一样，一类专业演员的成长正威胁着这部戏剧的流行，无论它是新的还是旧的、古典的还是中世纪的、文学的还是滑稽的。

2018年考研翻译原文

高考Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents.

她的父母仔细地整理了这些文件，尽管他们在大多数文件上都找到了主要的外国地址。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

考研These groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps the adults loyal to their group.

这些群体主要依赖于向年轻人灌输必要的性格，这种性格与保持成年人对其群体忠诚的交往方式相同。

2009年考研翻译原文

高考Andrew Miller thinks social media needs more attention than banks mainly because it remains unknown how users' data will be taken advantage of.

安德鲁·米勒（Andrew Miller）认为，社交媒体比银行更需要关注，主要是因为尚不清楚用户的数据将如何被利用。

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 题设

高考Welch examined a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious disease mainly affecting children.

韦尔奇检查了一个生病的男孩比利，知道他患有白喉，一种主要影响儿童的致命传染病。

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

四级Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.

1939年以前建造的房屋每平方英尺能耗比2000年以后建造的房屋每平方英尺能耗高出50%，这主要是因为随着时间的推移，微小的裂缝和缝隙会扩大，让更多的外部空气进入。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级For the next ten years a succession of books, mainly by Americans, sounded the alarm.

在接下来的十年里，主要由美国人撰写的一系列书籍敲响了警钟。

2010年12月阅读原文

六级Coal and natural gas are mainly used for electricity generation, whereas oil is used mostly to power transportation, yet the prices of all these energy sources are linked.

煤炭和天然气主要用于发电，而石油主要用于运输，但所有这些能源的价格都是相关联的。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Demand comes mainly from two sources: independent mom-and-pop grocery stores which, unlike large retail chains, are too small to buy straight from producers, and food service operators that cater to consumers when they don’t eat at home.

需求主要来自两个来源：独立的夫妻食品杂货店，与大型零售连锁店不同，它们太小，无法直接从生产商那里购买；以及食品服务运营商，它们在消费者不在家吃饭的情况下为他们提供服务。

2010年考研阅读原文

高考Snowmen were made mainly by artists.

雪人主要由艺术家制作。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

六级In other words, structural unemployment is a fake problem, which mainly serves as an excuse for not pursuing real solutions.

换句话说，结构性失业是一个假问题，主要是作为不寻求真正解决办法的借口。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级The overwhelming majority of employees attribute their stress mainly to low pay and an excessive workload.

绝大多数员工将他们的压力主要归因于低工资和过度的工作量。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考The author introduced the riding experience in the Okavango Delta mainly by following time order.

作者主要按照时间顺序介绍了奥卡万戈三角洲的骑行体验。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

四级This is mainly because women are more likely than men to be single parents living with their children.

这主要是因为女性比男性更有可能成为与子女生活在一起的单亲家长。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Loe initially went to school to become an engineer, but she quickly learned that her enthusiasm was mainly about growing and preparing her own food.

Loe最初上学是为了成为一名工程师，但她很快就意识到她的热情主要是种植和准备自己的食物。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to settle for the start of the lesson.

那是一个多雨的早晨，孩子们，主要是有各种学习困难的男孩，拒绝接受开始上课。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 完形填空 原文

六级So the evidence contradicts the claim that we're mainly suffering from structural unemployment.

因此，证据与我们主要遭受结构性失业的说法相矛盾。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级B2B commerce, for example, didn't move mainly online by 2005 as many had predicted in 2000, nor even by 2016, but that doesn't mean it won't do so over the next few decades.

例如，到2005年，B2B商务并不像许多人在2000年预测的那样主要在网上开展，甚至到2016年也没有，但这并不意味着它在未来几十年内不会这样做。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研The common idea that high CEO pay is mainly about ripping people off doesn't explain history very well.

人们普遍认为，CEO的高薪主要是为了骗人，但这并不能很好地解释历史。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考It does point out that many parents still limit electronic reading, mainly due to concerns about increased screen time.

它确实指出，许多家长仍然限制电子阅读，主要是因为担心屏幕时间的增加。

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研His concern is mainly with the humanities: literature, languages, philosophy and so on.

他主要关注人文学科：文学、语言、哲学等等。

2011年考研阅读原文

六级It is mainly confined to youngsters

它主要局限于青少年

2014年6月阅读原文

六级My day mainly incorporates responding to emails, writing and editing stories and coming up with new feature ideas.

我的一天主要包括回复电子邮件、撰写和编辑故事以及提出新的专题想法。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

四级W : We mainly deal with large volume buyers from western countries and our products have been well received.

W：我们主要与西方国家的大批量买家打交道，我们的产品深受欢迎。

2013年12月听力原文

六级That these huge declines didn't lead to depression mainly reflects, as Romer argues, countermeasures taken by the government.

正如罗默所说，这些大幅下降并没有导致萧条，这主要反映了政府采取的对策。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研When social scientists do tackle practical issues, their scope is often local: Belgium is interested mainly in the effects of poverty on Belgium, for example.

当社会学家确实在解决实际问题时，他们的研究范围往往是地方性的：例如，比利时主要关注贫困对比利时的影响。

2013年考研阅读原文

高考The evening will be mainly dry with light mist.

晚上主要是干燥的，有薄雾。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 听力 原文

高考The passage is mainly about the early Chicago's engineering problems and their solutions.

这篇文章主要是关于芝加哥早期的工程问题及其解决方案。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

四级The campus is mainly a place for study.

校园主要是学习的地方。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级if energy use per person and technology remain te same,total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions(mainly,CO2)will be 42% higher in 2050.

如果人均能源使用和技术保持不变，到2050年，总能源使用和温室气体排放（主要是二氧化碳）将增加42%。

2008年6月大学英语四级考试真题

四级The physical act of crying is mainly one of breathing in air, which is why we choke up when we weep.

哭泣的身体行为主要是呼吸空气，这就是为什么我们哭泣时会窒息的原因。

2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）

四级Since they rarely carried a meal, the few metal lunch buckets on the market were mainly for tradesmen and factory workers.

由于他们很少带饭，市场上为数不多的金属午餐桶主要供商人和工厂工人使用。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研A stage in human civilization is often called by the name of the substance mainly used at that stage: the Stone Age, the Iron Age, and so on.

人类文明的一个阶段通常被称为主要用于该阶段的物质的名称：石器时代、铁器时代等等。

1984年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研C. R. Barnes has suggested that it is as proper to term the plant a water structure as to call a house composed mainly of brick a brick building.

C.R.Barnes建议，将植物称为水结构，就像将主要由砖组成的房屋称为砖建筑一样恰当。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air may enter the leaf as a gas but is dissolved in water in the leaf before it is combined with a part of the water to form simple sugars—the base material from which the plant body is mainly built.

来自空气的二氧化碳（CO2）可能以气体的形式进入叶片，但在与一部分水结合形成单糖之前，它会溶解在叶片中的水中，单糖是植物主体主要构建的基础材料。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研This occurs mainly in the leaves.

这种情况主要发生在叶子上。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研” Shapiro explained during the meeting that the moral doubt stems mainly from fears about the risk to the health of the child.

夏皮罗在会议上解释说，道德怀疑主要源于对儿童健康风险的担忧。

1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研As a logical consequence of this development, separate journals have now appeared aimed mainly towards either professional or amateur readership.

作为这一发展的必然结果，现在出现了主要面向专业或业余读者的独立期刊。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研These groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps adults loyal to their group.

这些群体主要依靠将所需的性格灌输给年轻人，这种联想使成年人忠于他们的群体。

2009年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题