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Pillar N Count Part 例:...The Important Society 英[ˈpɪlə(R 美[ˈpɪlɚ

单词 pillar
音标
英[ˈpɪlə(r)] 美[ˈpɪlɚ]
解释
n.柱,台柱,顶梁柱;墩,柱脚;(组织、制度、信仰等的)核心;
例句

N-COUNT
柱;柱子
A pillar is a tall solid structure, which is usually used to support part of a building.
例:...the pillars supporting the roof.支撑屋顶的柱子

N-COUNT
(制度、协议等的)支柱,核心
If something is the pillar of a system or agreement, it is the most important part of it or what makes it strong and successful.
例:The pillar of her economic policy was keeping tight control over money supply.她经济政策的核心是严格控制货币的供应。
例:...the last pillar of apartheid.种族隔离制最后的支柱

N-COUNT
中坚;栋梁;台柱
If you describe someone as a pillar of society or as a pillar of the community, you approve of them because they play an important and active part in society or in the community.
例:My father had been a pillar of the community.我父亲一直是社区的顶梁柱。
例:...well-respected pillars of society.深受尊重的社会栋梁
变形
pl:pillars~

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