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。
• 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。
• But while excess capacity at home will drive Chinese carmakers to export, analysts say that will not necessarily guarantee success in markets beyond their current mainstays of Latin America, the Middle East and Russia.
  但分析师们表示，尽管国内产能过剩将推动中国汽车制造商出口，但这并不一定能保证它们在拉美、中东和俄罗斯这些当前支柱市场以外的市场取得成功。
• 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。
• Cars promise far more than they deliver, both as consumer products and as mainstays of manufacturing economies.
  汽车向人们许诺的好处，远超其实际功用，不管是作为消费者产品，还是作为制造业经济体的支柱。
• 'Sexiest' list mainstays Ryan Gosling, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson finished at seven, 12 and 21 respectively.
  最性感男人榜单常客好莱坞男星瑞恩高斯林，约翰尼德普和暮光之城男星罗伯特帕丁森分列第七，第十二和第二十一位。
• In this paper, the concept and characteristics of the virtual corporation are introduced, then the technological support from the information flow and the material flow which are the two mainstays of the virtual corporation is discussed.
  文章首先介绍了虚拟企业的概念和特征，然后进一步论述了虚拟企业的两大支柱信息流和物流的技术支持。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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