to a great extent

基本解釋

In conclusion, although … has its negative effects, it can to a great extent bring us more advantages.
總的說來，雖然_______ 有其負面的影響，在很大程度上，其也將給我們帶來很多好處。
The strangest thing about the Kremlin's heavy-handed behaviour is that it is to a great extent unnecessary.
最奇怪的是，克里姆林宮的這種強硬的行為在很大程度上是沒有必要的。
In a family of ten, eight, six, or even four children, the rights of the younger ones to a great extent take care of themselves and of the rights of the elder ones too.
在有十個或八個或六個，甚至是四個孩子的家庭中，在很大程度上，小一點孩子的權利就是照顧他們自己并且還要顧慮到長輩們權利的實現(xiàn)。

Because it was precisely because of this one world, run by the Romans and maintained by the Romans, that allowed the spread of Christianity, to a great extent, both ideologically and thought-wise, as well as simply physically.
因為正是由羅馬人統(tǒng)治維持的，這個統(tǒng)一的世界，給予基督教在大范圍面積內廣為傳播的機會，不僅是在意識形態(tài)和智慧方面，還有物質條件方面。
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The Romans maintained peace to a great extent by keeping the poor poor.
羅馬人通過使窮人更貧窮，來穩(wěn)固和平。
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Now we'll go back further than 10,000 years to talk about the history of food, but in those--but at 10,000 years ago several very important changes happened that have shaped to a great extent what our modern relationship with food is.
讓我們回到一萬多年前,來討論飲食史,但是,一萬年前,發(fā)生了一些很重要的變化,這些變化很大程度上塑造了,現(xiàn)代人類與食物的關系
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The policies we actually advance will, to a great extent, depend upon our prior prejudices.
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