sinews

英 [ˈsɪnjuːz]

美

n.  肌腱; 力量的来源; 关键环节; 要害之处
sinew的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 肌腱;筋
  Asinewis a cord in your body that connects a muscle to a bone.
  1. ...the sinews of the neck.
     脖子上的肌腱

双语例句

• The vast man in whom you are all but cells and sinews;
  在巨人当中，你只不过是微小的细胞和筋腱；
• Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue ( Izaak Walton)
  良友和益言是美德的源泉（艾萨克沃尔顿）
• A country's sinews are its roads and railways.
  公路和铁路是国家的命脉。
• Money is the sinews of love, as of war.& George Farquhar, Irish dramatist
  金钱是爱情的支柱，犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。爱尔兰剧作家法夸尔
• A walk up one flight of stairs from the ground floor to the mezzanine level reveals one of the sinews of trade between China and Africa-that of the lively business in mobile phones.
  从底层上一段楼梯，到了一二楼的夹层，这段路程充分揭示了中非贸易的原动力生机勃勃的手机生意。
• They may wish to fight, but they lack the money which provides the sinews of war.
  他们也许想打，但是缺乏购置军备的经费。
• The sinews of his arm were tense.
  他胳臂肌肉很结实。
• The athletes were so nervous that we could see all their sinews tense.
  运动员非常紧张，以至我们能看到他们紧绷的肌肉。
• Bones may be broken but not sinews because we are fellow compatriot. Between us, there no not that can not be untied.
  所谓打断骨头还连着筋，同胞之间、手足之情，没有解不开的结。
• But shame was his loom, and the softening of the sinews was his thread.
  但北风以羞耻当织机，软弱的肌肉当纱线。