mainstay
/ˈmeɪnsteɪ/
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If 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。
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- 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。
- Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet. 鱼和米是这个国家的主要食物。