sinews

英 [ˈsɪnjuːz]

美

n.  肌腱; 力量的来源; 关键环节; 要害之处
sinew的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 肌腱;筋
  Asinewis a cord in your body that connects a muscle to a bone.
  1. ...the sinews of the neck.
     脖子上的肌腱

双语例句

• Money is the sinews of war.
  金钱是战争的支柱。
• A country's sinews are its roads and railways.
  公路和铁路是国家的命脉。
• The treatment group were treated by acupuncture meridian sinews node method, the control group with routine acupuncture.
  治疗组采用针刺经筋结点的方法，对照组采用常规针刺法。
• The sinews of his arm were tense.
  他胳臂肌肉很结实。
• While other people stiffen their sinews with something stronger, the English constitution merely demands tea.
  别国的人用更烈性的东西来增强体力，但英国人的体质却只需要茶。
• They may wish to fight, but they lack the money which provides the sinews of war.
  他们也许想打，但是缺乏购置军备的经费。
• She taught me that a sentence was organic with bones and sinews and for this reason had life, that the power of logic was passionate power and that Euclid and Grammar were one.
  并教导我，一个句子是有机的一体，有血有肉，因而其中存在生命；她认为，逻辑的力量是热切而激昂的；几何美感与语法句式应浑然一体。
• Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
  你以皮肉为衣给我穿上，以筋骨接络我；
• Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
  竟能捻搓成你心脏的肌腱？
• Money is the sinews of love, as of war.
  金钱是爱情的支柱，犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。