principally是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为ad. 主要， 大抵，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Its graceless shape and comical motions have always attracted the notice of travelers, and during the great exploration of the Astrolabe and the Zelee, Dumont d'Urville was principally charged by the Academy of Sciences to bring back a specimen of these singular birds.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- For in-stance, he made a point of never asserting himself when he would gain more by keeping in the background; and in con-sequence many exalted personages valued him principally for his humility and simplicity, and because 'he knew his place.'
-- The room they were now sitting in was a large one, lofty but dark, well furnished, principally with writing-tables and desks covered with papers and books.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- To my surprise, he seemed at once to be principally if not solely interested in Drummle.
-- So we fell into other talk, and it was principally about the way by which we were travelling, and about what parts of London lay on this side of it, and what on that.
-- The business of this enchanter on earth being principally to be talked at, sung at, butted at, danced at, and flashed at with fires of various colors, he had a good deal of time on his hands.
-- Now, there was no reasonable evidence to implicate any person but this woman, and on the improbabilities of her having been able to do it Mr. Jaggers principally rested his case.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This was in part due to Ed-gar Taylor, who made the first English translation in 1823, selecting about fifty stories 'with the amusement of some young friends principally in view.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Went to Westminster School as a King's Scholar, when I was principally living on garbage, and sleeping in market baskets.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But Young John had never taken courage to make the declaration; and it was principally on these occasions that he had returned excited to the tobacco shop, and flown at the customers.
-- Amy, my love, you are by far the best loved of the three; I have had you principally in my mind whatever I have done for your sake, my dear child, I have done freely and without murmuring.'
-- In that state of mind which rendered nobody uneasy, his thoughtfulness would have turned principally on the man at his side.
-- Principally for ha hum your sake, Amy.'
-- But there is no inconsistency ha not the least, in my feeling hurt, and yet complaining principally for your sake, Amy.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Darcy took up a book; Miss Bingley did the same; and Mrs. Hurst, principally oc-cupied in playing with her bracelets and rings, joined now and then in her brother's conversation with Miss Bennet.
-- Mr. Bingley does not know the whole of his history, and is quite ignorant of the circum-stances which have principally offended Mr. Darcy; but he will vouch for the good conduct, the probity, and honour of his friend, and is perfectly convinced that Mr. Wickham has deserved much less attention from Mr. Darcy than he has received; and I am sorry to say by his account as well as his sister's, Mr. Wickham is by no means a respectable young man.
-- Mrs. Bennet, to whose apartment they all repaired, after a few minutes' conversation together, received them exactly as might be expected; with tears and lamentations of regret, invectives against the villainous conduct of Wickham, and complaints of her own sufferings and ill-usage; blaming ev-erybody but the person to whose ill-judging indulgence the errors of her daughter must principally be owing.
-- As it principally concerns yourself, you ought to know its contents.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They came on with a growling kind of noise, and mounted the piece of timber, which, as I said, was our breastwork, as if they were only rushing upon their prey; and this fury of theirs, it seems, was principally occasioned by their seeing our hors-es behind us.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Though her late conversation with her daughter-in-law had made her resolve on remaining at Norland no longer than was unavoidable, it had not produced the smallest effect on her in that point to which it principally tended.
-- CHAPTER 22Marianne, who had never much toleration for any thing like impertinence, vulgarity, inferiority of parts, or even difference of taste from herself, was at this time particularly ill-disposed, from the state of her spirits, to be pleased with the Miss Steeles, or to encourage their advances; and to the invariable coldness of her behaviour towards them, which checked every endeavour at intimacy on their side, Elinor principally attributed that preference of herself which soon became evident in the manners of both, but especially of Lucy, who missed no opportunity of engaging her in conversation, or of striving to improve their acquaintance by an easy and frank communication of her sentiments.
-- Marianne could not bear this. She was already greatly displeased with Mrs. Ferrars; and such ill-timed praise of another, at Elinor's expense, though she had not any notion of what was principally meant by it, provoked her immediately to say with warmth,"This is admiration of a very particular kind! what is Miss Morton to us? who knows, or who cares, for her? it is Elinor of whom WE think and speak."
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She had seen comparatively little of the manager during the winter, but had been kept constantly in mind of him by one thing and another, principally by the strong impression he had made.
-- He was getting in the frame of mind where he wanted principally to be alone and to be allowed to think.
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