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单词 mainstay
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mainstay

He is a fantastic footballer and a mainstay in our team.They are now in their forties and the mainstay of the economy.Drug treatment The mainstay of treatment for high blood pressure is drug treatment.The war forced only a temporary halt to tourism, which has remained a mainstay of the economy.Yet people like things just as they were in these parts, where farming has been the mainstay of the economy for many generations.Overnight, tourism came to be the mainstay of the economy, overtaking sugar and tobacco.The 33-year-old former England midfield player has been a mainstay of the team and is eager to play on for another season.

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mainstay

British English: mainstay NOUN
If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it.
Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet.
  • American English: mainstay
  • Brazilian Portuguese: esteio
  • Chinese: 基本
  • European Spanish: pilar
  • French: pilier
  • German: Hauptbestandteil
  • Italian: sostegno principale
  • Japanese: 基本
  • Korean: 중심
  • European Portuguese: esteio
  • Latin American Spanish: pilar

Definition of 'mainstay'

(noun) 
Definition
a chief support
Fish and rice were the mainstays of their diet.
Synonyms
pillar
My father had been a pillar of the community.
backbone
the economic backbone of the nation
bulwark
a bulwark of democracy
prop
The army is one of the main props of the government.
anchor
The actor provides energy and an anchor for his less experienced co-stars.
buttress
a buttress of rock
lynchpin
He's the lynchpin of our team.
chief support

Additional synonyms

in the sense of anchor
Definition
a source of stability or security
The actor provides energy and an anchor for his less experienced co-stars.
Synonyms
support,
second,
stay,
supporter,
prop,
backer,
backbone,
mainstay,
comforter,
tower of strength
in the sense of backbone
the economic backbone of the nation
Synonyms
foundation,
support,
base,
basis,
mainstay,
bedrock
in the sense of bulwark
Definition
a person or thing acting as a defence
a bulwark of democracy
Synonyms
defence,
support,
safeguard,
security,
guard,
buffer,
mainstay

Nearby words of
mainstay

  • main road
  • mainly
  • mainspring
  • mainstay
  • mainstream
  • maintain
  • maintenance

Synonyms of 'mainstay'

mainstay

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of buttress
Definition
any support or prop
a buttress of rock
Synonyms
support,
shore,
prop,
brace,
pier,
reinforcement,
strut,
mainstay,
stanchion,
stay,
abutment
in the sense of lynchpin
He's the lynchpin of our team.
Synonyms
driving force,
director,
chief,
principal,
co-ordinator,
cornerstone,
mainstay
in the sense of prop
Definition
a person or thing giving moral support
The army is one of the main props of the government.
Synonyms
mainstay,
support,
sustainer,
anchor,
backbone,
cornerstone,
upholder
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