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

• Tourism is the mainstay of the island's economy.
  旅游是该岛的主要经济来源。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are the mainstay of the enterprise.
  他们是企业的中流砥柱。
• In these locomotive days tourism has become the mainstay of the country.
  在当今旅行风气很盛的时代，旅游业成了这个国家的主要收益。
• Professional researchers are the mainstay of scientific work.
  专业的科学研究队伍，是科学工作的骨干力量。
• It is a mainstay of my diet.
  这是一个支柱，我的饮食。
• Shoes-making industry is not only the mainstay industry of Jinjiang but of quanzhou.
  制鞋业不仅是晋江的支柱产业，同时也是泉州市的支柱产业。
• 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。