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mainstay

英 [ˈmeɪnsteɪ]

美 [ˈmeɪnsteɪ]

n.  支柱; 中流砥柱

复数:mainstays 

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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
      1. Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.
        可可是这个国家的经济支柱。

    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.
      1. Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet...
        鱼和米是该国的主要食品。
      2. 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。

    英英释义

    noun

    • the forestay that braces the mainmast
      1. a central cohesive source of support and stability
        1. faith is his anchor
        2. the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
        3. he is the linchpin of this firm
        Synonym:anchorkeystonebackbonelinchpinlynchpin
      2. a prominent supporter
        1. he is a pillar of the community
        Synonym:pillar

      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。