mainstay的意思和读音

mainstay

: [ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ] : ['meɪn.steɪ]

n.

mainstays  

n.backbone,support,prop,spine,pillar

mainstayn.

1.[ususing]~ (of sth)a person or thing that is the most important part of sth and enables it to exist or be successful

Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.

n.1.,,2.3.4.5.6.7.1.,,2.3.4.5.6.7.

n.1.the person or thing that something depends on most in order to continue or be successful

1. neutralized state mainstay;chief cornerstone key link ...

2. 〖 support;bolster〗 〖 pillar;prop;mainstay〖 support;propup〗 ...

3. 〖 deskclock〗 〖 pillarofsupport;mainstay;leadinglight〗 〖 terrace;stage〗 ...

4., 〖 hardwood〗 ,mainstay;pillar〗 zhēn ...

5. 〖 subjectterm;subject〗 mainstay;backbone;pillar〗 〖 primecut-throat〗 ...

6. 〖 shaft〗 〖 pillar;mainstay〖 column;pillar〗 ...

7. pretrite 齿 mainstay 1. keystone 1. ...

8. chronic diseases mainstay public health policies ...

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1.Her employer was a mainstay electronics producer and a key exporter, meaning the company's business remained reasonably healthy.

2.Williams has been a mainstay with the organization and one of Torre's favorites, spending all 16 of his Major League seasons in pinstripes.16穿

3.When he took over in 2005, the company was struggling to cope with the decline of photographic film, its mainstay for more than a century.2005

4.Korean pine used to be the mainstay of the "Great Northern Wildnerness" which once stretched across an area bigger than northern Europe.

5.Bisphosphonates appear to be a current mainstay for the treatment and prevention of the skeletal-related morbidity in cancers.

6.With the advent of the urban age, as well as the core of the region, urban also becomes the mainstay of it.

7.Topical ketoconazole, an imidazole, has been a mainstay of treatment for fungal infections and seborrheic dermatitis.

8.It has been a mainstay of American economic growth and prosperity.

9.Original silhouette was destined for the great outdoors but now considered to be a mainstay in street wear.

10.Enterprises are the mainstay of e-commerce, enterprises, particularly SMEs, the ability of e-business applications is still relatively weak.