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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• Sodium and potassium supplements are used for the electrolyte imbalances, and aldosterone antagonists and diuretic spironolactone are mainstays of therapy.
  补充钠钾以纠正酸碱平衡，醛固酮拮抗剂和利尿剂螺内酯是主要的治疗药物。
• 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。