pillar

英 [ˈpɪlə(r)]

美 [ˈpɪlər]

n. 柱子，桥墩(尤指兼作装饰的); 纪念柱; 柱状物

复数：pillars　

Collins.2 / BNC.5563 / COCA.6521

习惯用语

be driven, pushed, etc. from pillar to post

被迫四处碰壁（或到处奔波）
to be forced to go from one person or situation to another without achieving anything

noun

柱子，桥墩（尤指兼作装饰的）
a large round stone, metal or wooden post that is used to support a bridge, the roof of a building, etc., especially when it is also decorative
纪念柱
a large round stone, metal or wooden post that is built to remind people of a famous person or event
柱状物
a mass of sth that is shaped like a pillar
1. a pillar of smoke/rock
  烟 / 石柱
台柱子；主心骨；中流砥柱
a strong supporter of sth; an important member of sth
1. a pillar of the Church
  教会的骨干分子
2. a pillar of society
  社会中坚
富有某种素质的人；某种素质的化身
a person who has a lot of a particular quality
1. She is a pillar of strength in a crisis.
  她在危难中表现非常坚强。
（组织、制度、信仰等的）核心，基础，支柱
a basic part or feature of a system, organization, belief, etc.
1. the central pillar of this theory
  这一理论的核心支柱

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

noun

(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
Synonym:column
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
Synonym:column
a fundamental principle or practice
1. science eroded the pillars of superstition
a prominent supporter
1. he is a pillar of the community
Synonym:mainstay
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
1. the test tube held a column of white powder
2. a tower of dust rose above the horizon
3. a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite
Synonym:columntower

Honesty is the pillar of a society.
诚信是一个社会的支柱。
Manufacturing industry of the heavy equipments is major pillar of the national economy.
重大型装备制造业是国民经济的重要支柱。
Nanjing is one of the important central cities in Chinese economy, with heavy chemical industry as its pillar.
南京是中国重要的经济中心城市，形成了以重化工工业为主体的鲜明特色。
The textile industry is a traditional pillar industry in China.
纺织工业是中国传统的支柱产业。
I should like to call him a pillar of society.
我要称他为社会的柱石。
Take the TORCH from inventory and use it on lit torch on stone pillar.
火炬从库存和使用上的石柱它点燃火炬。
She strove to read the name on the stone pillar
她费劲地读着石柱上的名字。
I fell asleep against a pillar.
我靠在一根柱子上睡着了。
The public economy, particularly the State-owned economy, has remained as a pillar of the national economy.
公有制经济特别是国有经济，一直是中国国民经济的支柱。
The study results provided theoretical basis for optimum design and excavation technology of coal pillar.
研究结果为优化煤柱设计和现场施工工艺提供了理论依据。