by and large

常见例句

Taking it by and large, the conditions of employment are good.
从大体上说来，就业条件是好的。
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By and large, money buys happiness only for those who lack the basic needs.
总的来说，只有对那些缺乏基本需要的人来说，钱才能买到快乐。
By and large flying is a particularly safe way to travel, but more so in some countries than in others (see chart 7).
总的来说，乘飞机是非常安全的旅行方式，但在一些国家要比其它国家更为安全（见表7）。

She says Africa has by and large resisted GM crops because it does not benefit poor farmers.
Suddenly, we have evidence, thirteen or fourteen hundred years earlier, that people were reading this stuff and, by and large, it's a pretty constant textual tradition.
因为突然间，我们有了证据，证明1200或1400年前就有人，读着这些经文而且总的来说，经文一直延续了其文本传统。
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The great American railroads were built by and large, for decades, by government subsidies, and a tremendous amount of corruption.
这几十年间,美国伟大铁路建起来了,这当然是是通过政府的支助,以及伴随着数不清的行贿受贿
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These two sectors by and large do not work and do not pay municipal taxes.
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That ambition comes at a cost, and that cost is by and large the load times.
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Treasury yields, on the other hand, by and large remain depressed versus pre-recession levels.
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