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

• 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。
• However, economic development and social cohesion will remain our two pillars for prosperity and stability.
  不过，经济发展与社会凝聚力，始终是维持国家繁荣与稳定的两大支柱。
• 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。
• 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。
• The whole platform area, like walls, pillars and ceilings, is painted in a rainbow-like gradient.
  整个平台领域如墙壁，柱子和天花板，是画在彩虹般梯度。
• Common foreign and security policy was also established as the second of the three pillars of the European union.
  一个符合欧洲联盟三大支柱中第二个项目的共同外交及安全政策也被确立。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its once-elegant white pillars are peeling.
  曾经典雅的白色立柱正在掉漆。
• Four pillars support the ceiling.
  四根柱子撑着顶篷。