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
- It can be reasonably explained only if the entrepreneurship of the market mainstay is included in the analysis framework.
只有将市场主体的企业家才能纳入分析框架，上述问题才能得到合理解释。 - Energy is the mainstay of modern industry and the motivity of sustainable development for national economy.
能源是现代工业的支柱，是国民经济可持续发展的动力。 - 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。 - We need to restore the aviation industry as a mainstay of our economy.
我们要使航空业重新成为经济的支柱产业。 - Edward was now her mainstay and her only hope.
爱德华如今是她的生活支柱和唯一希望。 - After the father's death the son became the mainstay of the family.
父亲死后，儿子就成了这个家庭的主心骨。 - 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。 - 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。 - In these locomotive days tourism has become the mainstay of the country.
在当今旅行风气很盛的时代，旅游业成了这个国家的主要收益。 - China now has become a mainstay of the economy development.
已成为我国现经济发展的一个主要支柱。