mainspring是什么意思？

mainspring

英[ˈmeɪnsprɪŋ] 美[ˈmenˌsprɪŋ]

• n. 主体部分，主要影响，（钟表等的）主发条；

复数：mainsprings;

例句

• the mainspring of a reform movement 改革运动的主要推动力
• Her jealousy is the mainspring of the novel's plot. 这部小说情节中贯穿了她的忌妒之心.
• My life has been music, and a constant search for it has been the mainspring of my life. 我以音乐为生，对音乐的不懈探索已经成为我生活的动力。
• You begin to understand what actions were the mainspring of the story. 你开始体会到是什么样的行动在推动这个故事的发展。
• My life has been music, and a constant search for it has been the mainspring of my life... 我以音乐为生，对音乐的不懈探索已经成为我生活的动力。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （观点、情感等的）主要原因，主要动机
  If you say that an idea, emotion, or other factor is the mainspring of something, you mean that it is the most important reason or motive for that thing.
  例句
  My life has been music, and a constant search for it has been the mainspring of my life... 我以音乐为生，对音乐的不懈探索已经成为我生活的动力。 You begin to understand what actions were the mainspring of the story. 你开始体会到是什么样的行动在推动这个故事的发展。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  主体部分;主要影响
  the mainspring of a reform movement 改革运动的主要推动力

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism

行业词典

• 体育： 击发簧；击锤簧；