1 (mainly) en gran parte; en gran medida the rest of the world has largely ignored China's environmental problems el resto del mundo, en gran parte en gran medida, ha hecho caso omiso de los problemas medioambientales de China;or
The evidence shows him to be largely correct officials admit that the move is largely symbolic Losses were largely confined to the Asian community The idea is largely the brainchild of an American scientist His support came largely from outside the Party
it is a largely working-class area es en su mayor parte una zona de clase obrera
he was elected largely because ...because se le eligió en gran parte porque ... Prices remained high, largely because of the demand from the American market
this is largely due to ...due esto se debe en gran parte medida a ...;or
to be largely reponsible for sthreponsible ser en gran parte medida responsable de algo;or Soil erosion is largely responsible for these awful famines in Africa
largely speakingspeaking hablando en líneas generales
2 (prominently) to figure largely in sth [+person] tener un papel destacado en algo; [+theme, subject] ocupar un papel destacado en algo
it figures largely throughout the film/book the theme of reincarnation figures largely throughout the book the subject of cutting the deficit figured largely in the chancellor's speech
