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

• 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。
• Honesty and trust are the pillars of any relationship.
  诚实和信任是任何关系的支柱。
• There are two pillars at the front of the shop house.
  店屋前面有两根柱子。
• The roof of the church was supported by stone pillars.
  这座教堂的屋顶由石柱支撑着。
• The bridge is supported by three pillars.
  桥由三座桥墩支撑着。
• It is one of the pillars of success and power.
  它是人们成功和强大的一根支柱。
• 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。
• And so the work on the pillars was completed.
  这样，造柱子的工就完毕了。
• 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。