记忆方法
将“mainstay”分解为“main”和“stay”。想象“main”作为一根柱子的主要部分，它支撑着整个结构（“stay”意味着支撑或坚持）。这样，你可以将“mainstay”记忆为“支撑或支柱”的概念，即某人或某物对某事物至关重要的组成部分。
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中文词源
mainstay 支柱
main,主要的，stay,支撑，维持。比喻用法。
英语词源
- mainstay (n.)
- "chief support," 1787, figurative use of a nautical noun meaning "stay which extends from the main-top to the foot of the foremast" (late 15c.), from main (adj.) + stay (n.).
权威例句
- 1. Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.
- 可可是这个国家的经济支柱。
- 2. 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.
- 3. After the father's death the son became the mainstay of the family.
- 父亲死后,儿子就成了这个家庭的主心骨.
- 4. They were the mainstay in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
- 他们是抗日战争的中流砥柱.
- 5. 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。