mainstay

noun

1. 支柱；中流砥柱
   a person or thing that is the most important part of sth and enables it to exist or be successful
   1. Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.
      可可是这个国家的经济支柱。

1. N-COUNT 支柱;中坚
   If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it.
   1. Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet...
      鱼和米是该国的主要食品。
   2. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
      这一集体谈判原则已经成为该国劳动关系的重要基础。

1. Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet
   鱼和米是该国的主要食品。
2. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
   这一集体谈判原则已经成为该国劳动关系的重要基础。
3. After the father's death the son became the mainstay of the family.
   父亲死后，儿子就成了这个家庭的主心骨。
4. He is the mainstay of our team.
   他是我们队里的主心骨儿。
5. In fact, it is the mainstay of many Agile development methods.
   事实上，这是许多敏捷开发方法的支柱。
6. Love it or hate it, social media has become a mainstay in the employment game.
   不管喜欢或讨厌，社交媒体已经成为招聘中的主要手段。
7. City, large and medium industrial enterprises above is a mainstay of the region's industrial economy.
   市以上大中型工业企业是全区工业经济的支柱。
8. Brands have long been a mainstay of consumer companies.
   长期以来，品牌一直是消费公司的支柱。
9. We need to restore the aviation industry as a mainstay of our economy.
   我们要使航空业重新成为经济的支柱产业。
10. It is a mainstay of my diet.
    这是一个支柱，我的饮食。
11. Not likely, because the socialist sector is the mainstay of our economy.
    我看不会的。因为我国是以社会主义经济为主体的。
12. It can be reasonably explained only if the entrepreneurship of the market mainstay is included in the analysis framework.
    只有将市场主体的企业家才能纳入分析框架，上述问题才能得到合理解释。
13. Of the 600 million people in our country, the worker and peasant masses are our mainstay.
    在我国六亿人口中，工人、农民是我们的基本群众。
14. He has become the mainstay of the family.
    他已经成为了家庭的支柱。
15. She is the mainstay of our workshop.
    她是我们车间的主心骨。
16. Because of concentration, it becomes mainstay of industry development.
    因为专注，成为行业发展的中流砥柱。
17. They are the mainstay of the enterprise.
    他们是企业的中流砥柱。
18. Professional researchers are the mainstay of scientific work.
    专业的科学研究队伍，是科学工作的骨干力量。
19. Energy is the mainstay of modern industry and the motivity of sustainable development for national economy.
    能源是现代工业的支柱，是国民经济可持续发展的动力。
20. The energy and chemical industry is the mainstay of an economy.
    能源化工是一个国家国民经济发展的基础。
21. After all, architectural fantasy has been a mainstay of radical design for centuries.
    毕竟，几个世纪以来，建筑梦幻一直是激进设计的支柱。
22. The automotive industry is the mainstay of the country's economy.
    汽车工业是这个国家的经济支柱。
23. In these locomotive days tourism has become the mainstay of the country.
    在当今旅行风气很盛的时代，旅游业成了这个国家的主要收益。
24. They are the mainstay of our work today.
    他们是我们现在工作很重要的基础。
25. Tourism is the mainstay of the island's economy.
    旅游是该岛的主要经济来源。
26. China now has become a mainstay of the economy development.
    已成为我国现经济发展的一个主要支柱。
27. As the airport retail is developing rapidly, the non-aviation income has become the mainstay of the airport.
    随着机场商业迅速发展，非航空收入已逐渐成为机场收入的一大支柱。
28. Shoes-making industry is not only the mainstay industry of Jinjiang but of quanzhou.
    制鞋业不仅是晋江的支柱产业，同时也是泉州市的支柱产业。
29. Edward was now her mainstay and her only hope.
    爱德华如今是她的生活支柱和唯一希望。
30. At present, the mining industry has already become a mainstay in Western China.
    目前矿业也已经成为西部地区重要的支柱性产业。

noun

1. the forestay that braces the mainmast

2. a central cohesive source of support and stability
   1. faith is his anchor
   2. the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
   3. he is the linchpin of this firm

   Synonym:    anchorkeystonebackbonelinchpinlynchpin

3. a prominent supporter
   1. he is a pillar of the community

   Synonym:    pillar