mainstays

英 [ˈmeɪnsteɪz]

美 [ˈmeɪnˌsteɪz]

n.  支柱; 中流砥柱
mainstay的复数

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。

双语例句

• Cars promise far more than they deliver, both as consumer products and as mainstays of manufacturing economies.
  汽车向人们许诺的好处，远超其实际功用，不管是作为消费者产品，还是作为制造业经济体的支柱。
• Three mainstays of coal business marketing system; Discussion on Tertiary Hydro-geological Feature and Pillar Setting in Efflorescent Oxygenized Belt
  论煤炭企业营销体系中的三大支柱第三系水文地质特征与风氧化带煤柱留设
• Family businesses are mainstays of German and Italian industry.
  家族企业是德国和意大利工业的中流砥柱。
• Sodium and potassium supplements are used for the electrolyte imbalances, and aldosterone antagonists and diuretic spironolactone are mainstays of therapy.
  补充钠钾以纠正酸碱平衡，醛固酮拮抗剂和利尿剂螺内酯是主要的治疗药物。
• Study on Relationship among Different Benefit Mainstays in Academic Journal Evaluation
  学术期刊评价中不同利益主体关系研究
• When the researchers compared the men's scans, they noticed that gentle stroking caused a drop in natural opioids in brain areas called the ventral striatum and the anterior cingulate cortex, which are mainstays of the brain's reward circuitry.
  当研究人员对比两次扫描结果后发现，轻柔的抚摸导致大脑内部腹侧纹状体与前扣带脑皮质分泌自然阿片类物质，而二者正是大脑奖励回路机制的重要区域。
• Construction industry is one of the mainstays of national economy. The rapid development of construction industry brought well opportunity for the development of building waterproofing materials.
  建筑业是中国国民经济建设的支柱产业之一，建筑业的蓬勃发展为建筑防水材料行业的发展带来了良好的机遇。
• The Compton brothers were mainstays of the Arsenal side in the1940s.
  坎普顿兄弟是20世纪40年代阿森纳的支柱。
• These were the mainstays of her life.
  这些就是她生活中主要寄托。
• It succeeded with popular features that have become mainstays of the web today: Web mail, news aggregation, fantasy sports and financial data – all of them simple and easy to access.
  雅虎广受欢迎的网站特色已成为当今网络的主流，用户能够简单便捷地获取包括电子邮件、各类新闻、时尚运动以及财经数据等方面的信息。