mainstay
英 ['me?nste?]
美['menste]
- n. 支柱；中流砥柱；主要的依靠；主桅支索
TEM8低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?mainstays;
中文詞源
mainstay 支柱
main,主要的，stay,支撐，維持。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- mainstay (n.)
- "chief support," 1787, figurative use of a nautical noun meaning "stay which extends from the main-top to the foot of the foremast" (late 15c.), from main (adj.) + stay (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.
- 可可是這個國家的經濟支柱。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Agriculture is still the mainstay of the country's economy.
- 農業仍然是這個國家經濟的主要支柱.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. After the father's death the son became the mainstay of the family.
- 父親死后,兒子就成了這個家庭的主心骨.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. They were the mainstay in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
- 他們是抗日戰爭的中流砥柱.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
- 這一集體談判原則已經成為該國勞動關系的重要基礎。
來自柯林斯例句