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

• They are the mainstay of our work today.
  他们是我们现在工作很重要的基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She is the mainstay of our workshop.
  她是我们车间的主心骨。
• 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。
• 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。
• The automotive industry is the mainstay of the country's economy.
  汽车工业是这个国家的经济支柱。
• Professional researchers are the mainstay of scientific work.
  专业的科学研究队伍，是科学工作的骨干力量。