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

• Its once-elegant white pillars are peeling.
  曾经典雅的白色立柱正在掉漆。
• There are two pillars at the front of the shop house.
  店屋前面有两根柱子。
• And so the work on the pillars was completed.
  这样，造柱子的工就完毕了。
• If one member leaves it shakes those pillars of mutual commitment and economic partnership.
  只要一个成员国退出，成员国间相互承诺和经济合作的支柱就会被撼动。
• 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。
• Solidarity is one of the two pillars which guide our activities.
  团结是两个支柱之一，指导我们的活动。
• Four pillars support the ceiling.
  四根柱子撑着顶篷。
• All the girders and pillars in this room are made of logs, which should be very firm.
  这间房的梁柱都是用的原木，应该很结实。
• The bridge is supported by three pillars.
  桥由三座桥墩支撑着。
• 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。