pillars

英 [ˈpɪləz]

美 [ˈpɪlərz]

n.  柱子，桥墩(尤指兼作装饰的); 纪念柱; 柱状物
pillar的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 柱；柱子
  Apillaris a tall solid structure, which is usually used to support part of a building.
  1. ...the pillars supporting the roof.
     支撑屋顶的柱子
• N-COUNT （制度、协议等的）支柱，核心
  If something is thepillar ofa system or agreement, it is the most important part of it or what makes it strong and successful.
  1. The pillar of her economic policy was keeping tight control over money supply.
     她经济政策的核心是严格控制货币的供应。
  2. ...the last pillar of apartheid.
     种族隔离制最后的支柱
• N-COUNT 中坚；栋梁；台柱
  If you describe someone as apillar ofsociety or as apillar ofthe community, you approve of them because they play an important and active part in society or in the community.
  1. My father had been a pillar of the community.
     我父亲一直是社区的顶梁柱。
  2. ...well-respected pillars of society.
     深受尊重的社会栋梁

双语例句

• In the three pillars, the material is the basis of energy and information.
  在三大支柱中，材料又是能源和信息的基础。
• The least sturdy of the four pillars is policy co-ordination.
  这四个问题中最不靠谱的是政策协调。
• Stone walls and pillars can also fall down and are potentially dangerous.
  石墙和柱子也可能会倒塌，从而带来安全隐患。
• Also note that the two pillars rely on Kaizen and People.
  也应该注意到两个支柱依赖于改善和人。
• And so the work on the pillars was completed.
  这样，造柱子的工就完毕了。
• Political multi-polarity, cultural diversity and balanced economic development provide pillars for such an environment.
  这个环境的支柱是政治多极化、文化多元化和经济发展的平衡。
• When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
  地和其上的居民，都消化了。我曾立了地的柱子。
• Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof
  工厂里四处都立有铁柱支撑着房顶。
• The pillars support the weight of the roof.
  这些柱子支撑着屋顶的重量。
• Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment
  商店店主一度本该成为保守党统治集团的重要支柱。