| 单词 | backbone |
| 释义 | backbone (bækboʊn ) Word forms: backbones 1. countable noun Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back. 2. singular noun [usually with poss] The backbone of an organization or system is the part of it that gives it its main strength. Small businesses are the economic backbone of this country. [+ of] 3. uncountable noun [oft with brd-neg] 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. Synonyms: strength of character, will, character, bottle [British, slang] Collocations: backbone of the economy Small businesses are the backbone of the economy and need to be treated fairly. Times, Sunday Times All too often we forget what constitutes the real backbone of the economy. Times, Sunday Times We owe it to our small businesses — the backbone of the economy — to ensure they are paid on time. The Sun There are 5.9 million firms which form the backbone of the economy, employing some 16.6 million workers. Times,Sunday Times Meanwhile, small firms - the backbone of the economy - are pulling down the shutters. The Sun We run some of the five million small businesses that form the economic backbone of this country. The Sun The restaurant proved to be the economic backbone of the wharf. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The manufacture of furniture, textiles, mirrors, garments, and hardwood flooring formed the economic backbone for the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For much of its life as an independent community, the economic backbone of the town came from coal mining. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The river was the economic backbone of the region, providing an important means of transport, trade and communication. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It formed the backbone of their values and sustained them through numerous hardships. Christianity Today (2000) Data centres form the backbone of the internet and the banking system. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Artemisinin formed the backbone of case management regimens with primaquine for gametocyte clearance. 2018, 'A review of progress towards sub-national malaria elimination in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe (2011–2015): a qualitative study', Malaria Journal These beams, deep and architecturally most impressive, provide the backbone for the design, lifting the body of the house off the ground to rest on columns. Times, Sunday Times Other people's lives are endlessly fascinating, and the interviews that provide the backbone of this book are no exception. Times, Sunday Times These networks provide the backbone upon which statewide services are based. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These assumptions provide the backbone for rational choice theory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The initial non-military application of distributed element filters was in the microwave links used by telecommunications companies to provide the backbone of their networks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 脊椎 Japanese: 背骨 |
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