mainstay
/ˈmeɪnsteɪ/📚 13705 1If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it. 最基本组成部分
noun [专属名词]支柱；中流砥柱；主要的依靠；主桅支索
This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labour relations in this country.
这种集体谈判原则已成为该国劳动关系的一个重要基础。
单词造句:
- 网友用“Mainstay”造句精选
- Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet. 鱼和米是这个国家的主要食物。
- Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay. 可可是这个国家的经济支柱。
- Trade was the mainstay of the urban economy in the Middle East, as caravans negotiated the surrounding desert, restricted only by access to water and by mountain ranges. 因为商队只能通过水路和山脉进入沙漠，贸易就成为了中东城市的主要经济支柱。