mainstay
英 [ˈmeɪnsteɪ]
美 [ˈmeɪnsteɪ]
n. 支柱; 中流砥柱
复数:mainstays
Collins.1 / BNC.14440 / COCA.13265
牛津词典
noun
- 支柱;中流砥柱
a person or thing that is the most important part of sth and enables it to exist or be successful- Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.
可可是这个国家的经济支柱。
- Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 支柱;中坚
If you describe something asthe mainstay ofa particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it.- Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet...
鱼和米是该国的主要食品。 - This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
这一集体谈判原则已经成为该国劳动关系的重要基础。
- Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet...
英英释义
noun
- the forestay that braces the mainmast
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- a prominent supporter
- he is a pillar of the community
双语例句
- The energy and chemical industry is the mainstay of an economy.
能源化工是一个国家国民经济发展的基础。 - She is the mainstay of our workshop.
她是我们车间的主心骨。 - Not likely, because the socialist sector is the mainstay of our economy.
我看不会的。因为我国是以社会主义经济为主体的。 - As the airport retail is developing rapidly, the non-aviation income has become the mainstay of the airport.
随着机场商业迅速发展,非航空收入已逐渐成为机场收入的一大支柱。 - After all, architectural fantasy has been a mainstay of radical design for centuries.
毕竟,几个世纪以来,建筑梦幻一直是激进设计的支柱。 - They are the mainstay of our work today.
他们是我们现在工作很重要的基础。 - Shoes-making industry is not only the mainstay industry of Jinjiang but of quanzhou.
制鞋业不仅是晋江的支柱产业,同时也是泉州市的支柱产业。 - They are the mainstay of the enterprise.
他们是企业的中流砥柱。 - This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
这一集体谈判原则已经成为该国劳动关系的重要基础。 - Tourism is the mainstay of the island's economy.
旅游是该岛的主要经济来源。