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

• 'Sexiest' list mainstays Ryan Gosling, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson finished at seven, 12 and 21 respectively.
  最性感男人榜单常客好莱坞男星瑞恩高斯林，约翰尼德普和暮光之城男星罗伯特帕丁森分列第七，第十二和第二十一位。
• But while excess capacity at home will drive Chinese carmakers to export, analysts say that will not necessarily guarantee success in markets beyond their current mainstays of Latin America, the Middle East and Russia.
  但分析师们表示，尽管国内产能过剩将推动中国汽车制造商出口，但这并不一定能保证它们在拉美、中东和俄罗斯这些当前支柱市场以外的市场取得成功。
• 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
• 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。
• Many mathematicians from universities benefited from the training and later became mainstays of various fields.
  来自高等院校的许多数学工作者受益匪浅，后来都成为各自领域的学术骨干。
• Agriculture and handicraft industry are the two mainstays of the social economy of ancient China.
  农业和手工业是古代中国社会经济的两大支柱。
• In modern society, information has become an important social source and treasure and also one of the mainstays of the cultural society.
  在现代社会中，信息已成为重要的社会资源和财富，是文明社会生活中的主要支柱之一。
• In Central America, remittances have long eclipsed traditional agricultural mainstays such as coffee and bananas.
  在中美洲，海外汇款收入很早之前就超过了咖啡、香蕉等传统的农业支柱产业。
• 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。
• IBM 360 and 370 computers are believed to be x Q the mainstays of the Warsaw Pact's air-defense system.
  人们认为，IBM360型和370型的计算机是华沙条约国家防空系统的主件。