中英互译
mainstay
英 /ˈmeɪnsteɪ/美 /ˈmeɪnsteɪ/
基本释义
- n.支柱；中流砥柱；主要的依靠；主桅支索
复数mainstays
双语例句
- Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.可可是这个国家的经济支柱。来自《牛津词典》
- A country lacking short-term liquidity would be loth to approach the IMF for a loan under the "stand-by arrangement", the mainstay of the IMF's crisis lending.一个缺乏短期流动性的国家可能不愿向国际货币基金组织寻求“备用信贷协议”——IMF 危机贷款的中流砥柱。
- Trade was the mainstay of the urban economy in the Middle East, as caravans negotiated the surrounding desert, restricted only by access to water and by mountain ranges.因为商队只能通过水路和山脉进入沙漠，贸易就成为了中东城市的主要经济支柱。
网络短语
- mainstay TV host王牌主播
- mainstay industry支柱产业
- Mainstay Suites门斯特；主流套房酒店；延长期套房饭店
- mainstay of the national economy国民经济的支柱；国民经济地支柱
- mainstay of the economy主体经济
词语扩展
词义分布
支柱
81%
中流砥柱
12.1%
主心骨
4.3%
骨干力量
2.6%
英英释义
- n.a prominent supporter
- n.a central cohesive source of support and stability
- n.the forestay that braces the mainmast
词源
- mainstay来自中世纪英语main stai, 等价于main + stay.
- mainstay支柱main,主要的，stay,支撑，维持。比喻用法。
- mainstayFrom Middle English main stai, equivalent to main + stay (“rope”).