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

• 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。
• The extension set is one of the three mainstays of extension theory.
  可拓集合是可拓论的三大支柱之一。
• The GATT is one of the three economic mainstays of the world.
  《关税与贸易总协定》是世界三大经济支柱之一。
• Construction industry is one of the mainstays of national economy. The rapid development of construction industry brought well opportunity for the development of building waterproofing materials.
  建筑业是中国国民经济建设的支柱产业之一，建筑业的蓬勃发展为建筑防水材料行业的发展带来了良好的机遇。
• The five engineers of real learning are the mainstays of the small factory.
  那五位具有真才实学的工程师是这个小厂的中流砥柱。
• Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet
  鱼和米是该国的主要食品。
• 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。
• 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。
• Family businesses are mainstays of German and Italian industry.
  家族企业是德国和意大利工业的中流砥柱。
• It succeeded with popular features that have become mainstays of the web today: Web mail, news aggregation, fantasy sports and financial data – all of them simple and easy to access.
  雅虎广受欢迎的网站特色已成为当今网络的主流，用户能够简单便捷地获取包括电子邮件、各类新闻、时尚运动以及财经数据等方面的信息。