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 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
• 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 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。
• Countries where the former mainstays of malaria treatment, such as chloroquine, are no longer effective are also moving forward on new therapies.
  过去采用诸如奎宁等主要疟疾治疗方法而目前不再有效的国家也正在采用新疗法。
• However the premier edition added Google Docs& Spreadsheets, a significant edition considering that word processing and spreadsheets are mainstays of Microsoft Office.
  然而在premier版中，还添加了Google文件，这是一个很重要的添加，因为字处理和工作表也是微软Office的支柱。
• Self-confidence and sele-reliance are the mainstays of a strong character.
  自信和自立是坚强品格的支柱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In a country where fish is one of the economy's mainstays, the result was disaster.
  对于一个以渔业为主要经济支柱的国家，这样的结果是灾难性的。