mainstay
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈmeɪn.steɪ]
- 美式音标 [ˈmeɪn.steɪ]
- 国际音标 ['meinstei]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 支柱；中流砥柱；主要的依靠；主桅支索
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- main：主要的，最重要的；全力的。
- adv性质的同根词
- mainly：主要地，大体上。
- n性质的同根词
- main：主要部分，要点；体力；总管道。
- mainspring：主要动力；（钟表）主发条；主要原因；主要动机。
- mainmast：（船的）主桅。
- mainsail：[船]主帆；主桅的帆。
- mainsheet：主桅帆操纵索。
英汉例句
- 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。 - He thinks he's a mainstay of the company, but he's really rather small beer.
他自以为是公司的台柱, 但事实上他是个微不足道的人. - For now, even Mammy, her mainstay, had gone back to Tara.
因为现在连她的主要支柱嬷嬷也回塔拉去了. - Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.
可可是这个国家的经济支柱。 - 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。
词组短语
- mainstay teachers 骨干教师
- equal mainstay 平等主体
- financial mainstay 金融支柱
- national mainstay 民族脊梁
- mainstay industry 支柱产业
短语
英英字典
- the most important part of something, providing support for everything else
- If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it.
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专业释义
- 柱石