chief 与 main 均可用作形容词,意为“主要的”“首要的”,注意以下用法:
1. 两者通常都只用作定语,一般不用作表语,有时可互换。如:
the chief [main] task 主要任务
the chief [main] cities of Japan 日本的主要城市
the chief [main] points of my argument 我的主要论点
the chief [main] problem 主要问题
Gardening is one of her chief [main] enjoyments. 园艺工作是她的主要乐趣之一。
What is that country’s chief [main] product? 那个国家的主要产品是什么?
Glasgow is one of the chief [main] cities of Scotland. 格拉斯哥是苏格兰的主要城市之一。
As the chief of the team, the male lion can have many mates.
作为狮群的首领,这只雄狮可以有许多配偶。
Rudeness is his chief shortcoming.
粗鲁是他主要的缺点。
The island's chief feature was its beauty.
这个岛的主要特色是风景秀丽。
But he was the chief composer.
但是,他是首席作曲家。
One of the chief causes of crime today is drug.
毒品是如今引发犯罪的主要原因之一。
※Wherever in the world a people knows desperate want, there must appear at least the spark of hope, the hope of progress--or there will surely rise at last the flames of conflict.——Dwight Eisenhower,Commander in chief of the Allied forces in the second World War 任何地方,一个民族只要知道自己迫切需要什么,那里就会出现希望的火花,出现进步的希望,换句话说,最后必定会燃起抗争的火焰。第二次世界大战中盟军最高司令 艾森豪威尔,D.
※Education is the chief defence of nations.——Edmund Bruke, British statesman教育是国家的主要防御力量。英国政治家 伯克