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

• She is the mainstay of our workshop.
  她是我们车间的主心骨。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is the mainstay of our team.
  他是我们队里的主心骨儿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet
  鱼和米是该国的主要食品。
• 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。
• It is a mainstay of my diet.
  这是一个支柱，我的饮食。