mainstay是什么意思？

mainstay

英[ˈmeɪnsteɪ] 美[ˈmenˌste]

• n. 支柱，柱石，骨干，中流砥柱，主要的依靠，主桅支索；

复数：mainstays;

例句

• Agriculture is still the mainstay of the country’s economy. 农业仍然是这个国家经济的主要支柱。
• For now, even Mammy, her mainstay, had gone back to Tara. 因为现在连她的主要支柱嬷嬷也回塔拉去了.
• He thinks he's a mainstay of the company, but he's really rather small beer. 他自以为是公司的台柱, 但事实上他是个微不足道的人.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  支柱;中坚
  If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it.
  例句
  Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet... 鱼和米是该国的主要食品。 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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  主要支持者〔物〕 , 支柱;骨干
  Agriculture is still the mainstay of the country’s economy. 农业仍然是这个国家经济的主要支柱。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a prominent supporter;
  "he is a pillar of the community"
  2. a central cohesive source of support and stability;
  "faith is his anchor""the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money""he is the linchpin of this firm"
  3. the forestay that braces the mainmast

行业词典

• 体育： 骨干；台柱；主将；