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mainstay n.主要支持 (1) 他是我们剧组的台柱。(2) 农业仍是这个国家的主要依靠。 A mainstay holds everything together, whether it's your grandmother who acts as the anchor of your whole crazy family, a pillar that physically keeps a building from falling down, or the job that enables you to pay your rent every month. The noun mainstay is originally a nautical term meaning the rope that stabilizes two masts on a sailboat, and since the 1780s it's been used to mean "chief support."

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英 ['meɪnsteɪ] 美 ['meɪnsteɪ] (1) He is the mainstay of our theatre group.(2) Farming is still the mainstay of this country. A mainstay is something that acts as a source of support for a community. If your hometown's economy depends on tourists visiting every summer, you could say that tourism is the mainstay of your town. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.   [usu the N of n]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。

英语单词	mainstay
英美音标	英 ['meɪnsteɪ] 美 ['meɪnsteɪ]
中文释义	n.主要支持
英语例句	(1) He is the mainstay of our theatre group. (2) Farming is still the mainstay of this country.
中文例句	(1) 他是我们剧组的台柱。 (2) 农业仍是这个国家的主要依靠。
vocabulary简明	A mainstay is something that acts as a source of support for a community. If your hometown's economy depends on tourists visiting every summer, you could say that tourism is the mainstay of your town.
vocabulary扩展	A mainstay holds everything together, whether it's your grandmother who acts as the anchor of your whole crazy family, a pillar that physically keeps a building from falling down, or the job that enables you to pay your rent every month. The noun mainstay is originally a nautical term meaning the rope that stabilizes two masts on a sailboat, and since the 1780s it's been used to mean "chief support."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [usu the N of n] 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。

Mainstay Country Acts 英 Meɪnsteɪ] 美 Meɪnsteɪ N.主要支持 Theatre