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

• 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。
• 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 Research on How Behavior Mainstays 'Partiality Influences Rural Financial Supply and Demand
  行为主体偏好对农村金融供求影响研究
• When the researchers compared the men's scans, they noticed that gentle stroking caused a drop in natural opioids in brain areas called the ventral striatum and the anterior cingulate cortex, which are mainstays of the brain's reward circuitry.
  当研究人员对比两次扫描结果后发现，轻柔的抚摸导致大脑内部腹侧纹状体与前扣带脑皮质分泌自然阿片类物质，而二者正是大脑奖励回路机制的重要区域。
• Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet
  鱼和米是该国的主要食品。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Three mainstays of coal business marketing system; Discussion on Tertiary Hydro-geological Feature and Pillar Setting in Efflorescent Oxygenized Belt
  论煤炭企业营销体系中的三大支柱第三系水文地质特征与风氧化带煤柱留设
• 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。