mainstay
支柱
常用释义
英音[ ˈmeɪnsteɪ ]
美音[ ˈmeɪnsteɪ ]
变形
复数:
mainstays
基本释义
- n. 支柱；中流砥柱；主要的依靠；主桅支索
例句
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1·Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.可可是这个国家的经济支柱。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·A country lacking short-term liquidity would be loth to approach the IMF for a loan under the "stand-by arrangement", the mainstay of the IMF's crisis lending.一个缺乏短期流动性的国家可能不愿向国际货币基金组织寻求“备用信贷协议”——IMF 危机贷款的中流砥柱。
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3·Trade was the mainstay of the urban economy in the Middle East, as caravans negotiated the surrounding desert, restricted only by access to water and by mountain ranges.因为商队只能通过水路和山脉进入沙漠，贸易就成为了中东城市的主要经济支柱。
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4·This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labour relations in this country.这种集体谈判原则已成为该国劳动关系的一个重要基础。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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5·Agriculture is a mainstay of the economy.农业是经济的支柱。
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6·What about tourism, Greece's mainstay?那希腊的顶梁柱——旅游业呢？
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7·These remain the mainstay of professional GIS.这些保持了专业GIS的核心技术。
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8·The other mainstay is the Central Provident Fund.另一重点就是中央公积金。
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9·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。
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10·Farming, a mainstay of the economy, is also being liberalised.农业这一经济的支柱也被自由化了。
同根词
词根：
main
main
adj
主要的，最重要的；全力的
mainly
adv
主要地，大体上
main
n
主要部分，要点；体力；总管道
mainspring
n
主要动力；（钟表）主发条；主要原因；主要动机
mainmast
n
（船的）主桅
mainsail
n
[船] 主帆；主桅的帆
mainsheet
n
主桅帆操纵索