to a great extent

基本解释

In conclusion, although … has its negative effects, it can to a great extent bring us more advantages.
总的说来，虽然_______ 有其负面的影响，在很大程度上，其也将给我们带来很多好处。
The strangest thing about the Kremlin's heavy-handed behaviour is that it is to a great extent unnecessary.
最奇怪的是，克里姆林宫的这种强硬的行为在很大程度上是没有必要的。
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.
在有十个或八个或六个，甚至是四个孩子的家庭中，在很大程度上，小一点孩子的权利就是照顾他们自己并且还要顾虑到长辈们权利的实现。

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.
因为正是由罗马人统治维持的，这个统一的世界，给予基督教在大范围面积内广为传播的机会，不仅是在意识形态和智慧方面，还有物质条件方面。
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The Romans maintained peace to a great extent by keeping the poor poor.
罗马人通过使穷人更贫穷，来稳固和平。
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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.
让我们回到一万多年前,来讨论饮食史,但是,一万年前,发生了一些很重要的变化,这些变化很大程度上塑造了,现代人类与食物的关系
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The policies we actually advance will, to a great extent, depend upon our prior prejudices.
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