A：Excuse me, can you tell me where Main Street is?
      对不起，你能告诉我主街在哪里吗？

B：Turn left at the second light and then go straight for two blocks.
      在第二个路灯处左拐，然后直走两个街区。

A：Is it far?
      它很远吗？

main的翻译

B：No. It's only a five-minute walk. You can’t miss it.
      不，走路只需五分钟。你不会错过的。

A：Thanks a lot.
      太感谢了。

B：You're welcome.
      没什么。

A：Hi, Mary. How've things been?
      你好，玛丽。你过得怎样？

B：I haven't heard anything about your English investigation for weeks.What're you studying now?
      我有好几个星期没听到有关你研究英语的情况了。 你正在学习什么？

A：Now it's negative-"no"and"not", to be specific. There's nothing particularily unusual about "no"and"not", is there?
      现在正在学否定词--"No"和"Not"。对于"No"和"Not"没有什么特别要注意的地方，是吗？

main是什么意思

B：Not a lot, really.
      的确没有什么。

A：The main thing seems to be that "not" is used with verbs, and "no" everywhere else.
      看来主要点在于"Not"和动词连用，而在其他地方用"No"。

A：Excuse me. Could you tell me how to get downtown?
      对不起。您可以告诉我到市中心商业区如何走吗？

B：Yes, of course. Areyou familiar with the streets here?
      当然可以。您熟悉这里的街道吗？

main的意思

A：NO, I'm from out of town.
      不，我是从外地来的。

B：Well, let me see. What would be the quickest way? I'll tell you. Go to the end of This block, turn right, and walk six blocks. Then turn left for three blocks.There's a Big intersection there.You can't miss it. The main business section is three or four blocks south of the intersection.
      哦，让我想一想，哪一条是最近的路？我告诉您。顺这条街走到下一条横马路时向右转，再过六条马路 然后向左转再过三条马路。那儿有一个很大的交叉路口你不会错过的。从交叉路口向南过三条或四条马路就是主要的商业区。

A：Thanks a lot. Oh, one more thing. Are there any buses running this time of night?
      多谢。哦，还有一件事。在晚上这个时候这儿还有没有公共汽车行驶？

B：No. They stop at eleven p.m.
      没有，晚上十一点就停止了。

1. 主要的;最重要的
    The main thing is the most important one of several similar things in a particular situation.

    e.g. ...one of the main tourist areas of Amsterdam...
           阿姆斯特丹的主要旅游区之一
    e.g. My main concern now is to protect the children...
           我现在最关心的就是要保护好孩子们。

2. 大体上;基本上
    If you say that something is true in the main, you mean that it is generally true, although there may be exceptions.

main的翻译

    e.g. Tourists are, in the main, sympathetic people...
           大体说来，游客们都富有同情心。
    e.g. In the main, children are taboo in the workplace.
           工作场所基本上禁止儿童进入。

3. (室内煤气、自来水或污水的)总管道，主管道
    The mains are the pipes which supply gas or water to buildings, or which take sewage away from them.

    e.g. ...the water supply from the mains...
           总管道的自来水供应
    e.g. The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night.
           从周三晚上开始，首都就停水了。

4. 电力线;电源
    The mains are the wires which supply electricity to buildings, or the place where the wires end inside the building.

    e.g. ...amplifiers which plug into the mains...
           接通电源的扩音器
    e.g. Make sure plugs are disconnected from the mains...
           确保插头与电源断开。