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
• 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
• a prominent supporter
  1. he is a pillar of the community
  Synonym:pillar

双语例句

• 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。
• Because of concentration, it becomes mainstay of industry development.
  因为专注，成为行业发展的中流砥柱。
• In fact, it is the mainstay of many Agile development methods.
  事实上，这是许多敏捷开发方法的支柱。
• Brands have long been a mainstay of consumer companies.
  长期以来，品牌一直是消费公司的支柱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• City, large and medium industrial enterprises above is a mainstay of the region's industrial economy.
  市以上大中型工业企业是全区工业经济的支柱。
• 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。