[N-COUNT 可数名词]脊柱 Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
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[N-SING 单数名词]中坚力量;骨干;支柱 The backbone of an organization or system is the part of it that gives it its main strength.
[usu with poss]
The small business people of Britain are the economic backbone of the nation.
英国的小商人是国家经济的支柱。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]骨气;勇气 If you say that someone has no backbone, you think they do not have the courage to do things which need to be done.
[oft with brd-neg]
You might be taking drastic measures and you've got to have the backbone to do that.
你也许要采取极端的措施,你必须有勇气那么做。
Oxford
back·bone/ˈbækbəʊn; NAmEˈbækboʊn/noun1[countable ]the row of small bones that are connected together down the middle of the back 脊梁骨;脊柱SYN
spine
2[singular ]the most important part of a system, an organization, etc. that gives it support and strength 支柱;骨干;基础◆Agriculture forms the backbone of the rural economy.农业是农村经济的基础。3[uncountable ]the strength of character that you need to do sth difficult 毅力;骨气◆He doesn't have the backbone to face the truth.他没有面对现实的勇气。backbonebackbonesback·bone/ˈbækbəʊn; NAmEˈbækboʊn/
LDC
backboneback‧bone /ˈbækbəʊn $ -boʊn/ ●○○ noun
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1backbone (1) [countable] the row of connected bones that go down the middle of your backSYN spine2the backbone of something the most important part of an organization or group of people: Farmers are the backbone of this community.3[uncountable] courage and determination: Stuart doesn’t have the backbone to be a good manager.
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