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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Study on Relationship among Different Benefit Mainstays in Academic Journal Evaluation
  学术期刊评价中不同利益主体关系研究
• 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。
• Sugarcane and sugar product is one of the economic mainstays in Guangxi.
  甘蔗糖业是广西的重要经济支柱之一，甘蔗生物固氮及其应用的研究对于在甘蔗生产中节约氮肥成本、减少环境污染具有非常重要的意义。
• All large or super huge enterprises in our country are state-owned business, and they are mainstays of national economy.
  我国的大型或特大型企业是国民经济的支柱企业。
• 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
• 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。
• The2011 exhibitor list also lacked a number of big-name brands that used to be mainstays& Microsoft, Adobe, Canon, and Logitech, just to name a few.
  2011年参展商的名单也缺少了以前的常客–微软，奥多比，佳能，罗技。现在只剩很少大公司了。