backbones

英 [ˈbækbəʊnz]

美 [ˈbækˌboʊnz]

n.  脊梁骨; 脊柱; 支柱; 骨干; 基础; 毅力; 骨气
backbone的复数

柯林斯词典

• 脊柱
  Yourbackboneis the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
• N-SING 中坚力量；骨干；支柱
  Thebackboneof an organization or system is the part of it that gives it its main strength.
  1. The small business people of Britain are the economic backbone of the nation.
     英国的小商人是国家经济的支柱。
• N-UNCOUNT 骨气；勇气
  If you say that someone has nobackbone, you think they do not have the courage to do things which need to be done.
  1. You might be taking drastic measures and you've got to have the backbone to do that.
     你也许要采取极端的措施，你必须有勇气那么做。

双语例句

• Why do hummingbirds and gorillas both have backbones?
  为什么蜂鸟和大猩猩都有脊骨？
• But probably only if backbones were stiffened by a US presence at the summit table.
  不过，这或许只有在美国参加峰会、各方决心加强后才会发生。
• Because of the inherent node ( link) failures in wireless networks, virtual backbones should be fault-tolerant.
  由于无线网络存在节点失效、链路断裂等特性，虚拟主干网需要具备一定的容错性。
• Who will win the battle for the backbones?
  谁能赢得主干网之战？
• Scientists already knew that the creatures, which resemble underwater hedgehogs, are the only invertebrates ( animals without backbones) on the human branch of the evolutionary tree.
  科学家们早就知道这种类似水底刺猬的生命是进化树上人类这一分支中唯一的无脊椎动物。
• Many people are dying because of hunger; crops are failing; livestock are dying-even the wildlife, which is actually one of the backbones of the economy in terms of tourism.
  很多人因为饥饿而死亡，作物歉收，牲畜、甚至作为旅游经济顶梁柱的野生动物也面临死亡。
• The company has a group of high-quality professional talents with very abundant experiences, the main backbones are all engaged in the professional experience of more than ten years.
  公司拥有一批高素质的经验十分丰富的专业人材，主要骨干都有从事线路板行业十余年的专业经验。
• Most of such people got into the backbones of the dynasty and played important parts to solidify the ruling power of the dynasty.
  这些人多成为明王朝的栋梁之才，对明朝江山的巩固起到巨大作用。
• The mollusc phylum includes all soft-bodied animals without backbones.
  软体动物门包括所有无脊椎的软体动物。
• Included among the interconnected networks are ( 1) the interconnected backbones, which have international reach;
  互联网包括有：（1）覆盖全球的互联节点；