柯林斯英汉双解大词典
mainstay /ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ/ TEM8
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N-COUNT 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 [usu 'the' N 'of' n]
例：Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet.
鱼和米是这个国家的主要食物。
例：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。
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A country lacking short-term liquidity would be loth to approach the IMF for a loan under the "stand-by arrangement", the mainstay of the IMF's crisis lending.
一个缺乏短期流动性的国家可能不愿向国际货币基金组织寻求“备用信贷协议”——IMF 危机贷款的中流砥柱。
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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。
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He says rural India and smaller towns are becoming the mainstay of demand for gold in India.
VOA: standard.2009.09.19
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This is a mainstay of some slapstick humor including the classic movie, All of Me.
这是滑稽戏剧的一贯伎俩,同样也出现在经典电影《衰鬼上错身》中
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They are all, you know, very popular. All the mainstay ones.
它们全都非常出名，都是电影业的支柱。
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