by and large

釋義

1. 大體上；總的來說

   used when you are saying something that is generally, but not completely, true

   By and large, I enjoyed my time at school.總的說來，我在學校的日子很開心。

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• By and large, it's a story of slow, steady change.David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet2020
• By and large Control your fighter It was a beat down by Kalil Turay who appears to have scoredSouthpaw2015
• ... are controlled by capitalists and large oil companies.Argo2012
• A large insect.El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie2019
• to be a large military weaponFast X2023
• and the larges with the larges, all right?American History X1998
• Tomorrow they ll be transferred to a double room with a larger wardrobe and a larger bathroomThe Lobster2015
• By and large, the analysts admitted to us, in person, 'it's a black box. You have to take it on faith.Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005

在完整場景裡學

• 美國X檔案1998
  • 逼學生寫哥哥的論文：here's the drill（規矩是這樣的）
  • 簡報會上放仇恨錄影：pin something on someone（栽贓）
  • 球場上打賭搶地盤：make ends meet（勉強維持生計）
• 安然：房間裡最聰明的人2005
  • 印度電廠成了廢墟：imaginary profits（並未到來的利潤）
  • 自己跟自己做買賣：both sides of the transaction（交易兩邊都佔）
  • 追問報表當場失控：losing it（當眾情緒崩了）