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

• Of the 600 million people in our country, the worker and peasant masses are our mainstay.
  在我国六亿人口中，工人、农民是我们的基本群众。
• 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。
• Tourism is the mainstay of the island's economy.
  旅游是该岛的主要经济来源。
• 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。
• Because of concentration, it becomes mainstay of industry development.
  因为专注，成为行业发展的中流砥柱。
• The energy and chemical industry is the mainstay of an economy.
  能源化工是一个国家国民经济发展的基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are the mainstay of the enterprise.
  他们是企业的中流砥柱。
• 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。