Backbone
[ 'bæk'bon ]
第4级
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n. 脊梁骨，脊椎;分水岭;支柱;决心，毅力;
💡 词根助记
back靠背 + bone骨骼 → n. 支柱；主干网；决心，毅力；脊椎
📝 例句
Agriculture forms the backbone of the rural economy.
农业是农村经济的基础。
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
backbone
n
1 [C] line of bones down the middle of the back from the skull to the hips; spine; spinal column 椎骨; 脊柱; 脊椎. =>illus at skeleton 见skeleton之插图.
2 [sing] (fig 比喻) chief support 中坚; 栋梁
Such people are the backbone of the country. 这样的人是国家的栋梁.
3 [U] (fig 比喻) strength; firmness 力气; 坚定性
He has no backbone, ie lacks stamina, perseverance, strength of character, etc. 他没有脊梁骨（缺少体力、毅力、坚强的性格等）.
4 (idm 习语) to the `backbone thoroughly 彻底地.
🔁 扩展释义
*['bækbәun]n. 脊椎, 志气, 骨干, 支柱【计】 主干网, 主干网点【化】 主链【医】 脊柱相关词组: to the backbone
🏥 医学释义
脊柱，骨架
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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First of all, don't come in here without a teacher.
首先，没有老师领着不要进这儿。
Right. Let me examine you. Does it hurt here? Here? Here?
好。我来给你检查检查。这儿痛吗？这儿？这儿？
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.
我和比尔借了一笔钱，买下了那条项链。在后来的10年时间里，我们两人为了偿还这笔借款不分昼夜地干活。这就是为什么我现在看起来这样老的原因。好了，过了这些年之后，我们终于还清了全部借款。