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backbone

backbone
[英] [ˈbækˌbəʊn] [美] [ˈbækˌbon] 生词本

n.

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1. N-COUNT 脊柱 Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back. 
2. N-SING 中坚力量；骨干；支柱 The backbone of an organization or system is the part of it that gives it its main strength. 

  • 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。

3. N-UNCOUNT 骨气；勇气 If you say that someone has no backbone, you think they do not have the courage to do things which need to be done. 

  • 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。

Noun

1. a central cohesive source of support and stability;

  • "faith is his anchor"
  • "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"
  • "he is the linchpin of this firm"

2. fortitude and determination;

  • "he didn't have the guts to try it"

3. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;

  • "the fall broke his back"

4. the part of a network that connects other networks together;

  • "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"

体育

  • 1.核心队员

医学

  • 1.①脊柱：背中线一连续的比较强直的骨结构，同columna vertebralis〔NA〕；②(大分子物中的)主链
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  • 1.主链

地质学

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  • 1.脊柱

计算机

  • 1.构架；基干；主要成分；中心，中枢；供给中心；主干线
  • 2.主干传输线
  • 3.;主干网，脊柱;
1. Agriculture used to be the economic backbone of this country.
农业曾是这个国家的经济支柱。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He is a man of backbone.
他是有毅力的人。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. More and more people are deciding that political power must be the backbone of every new advance.
越来越多的人认为，政治权力是每前进一步的保证。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone.
勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The Chinese people have backbone.
中国人民有骨气。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6. The backbone is an articulate structure.
脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7. The wounded soldiers showed much backbone before the enemy.
受伤的士兵在敌人面前表现出了威武不屈的精神。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. They are the backbone of the factory.
他们是这个厂的顶梁柱。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》