Today,scientists know that the Pillars of Hercules was also called the Straits of Gibraltar.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

Canaanite religious ritual took place in small temples that housed cultic statues. There were stone pillars, perhaps symbols of the gods, or memorials to the dead.

迦南的宗教仪式在小庙中进行,里面有宗教神像，有石柱，它们也许代表上帝也可能是祭奠死者。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I don't know how you think of life insurance salespeople, but they have been pillars of the community.

我不知道你们怎么看待寿险推销员,但他们已然成为了社区的支柱

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

First domesticated by the Chinese more than 3000 years ago, the soybean is one of the pillars of American agriculture.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Second, because I think it is one of the most important pillars of wellbeing and happiness.

第二，因为我认为它是,快乐和幸福的最重要支柱之一。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Mr.Fillon said the four pillars for lasting recovery are reforming financial regulations, supporting economic growth, rescuing banks and providing aid to the countries suffering most from the economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

One of the things that we discussed was this type of imagery here where you have vertically these pillars, if you will, or we could even call--the more I sort of looked at this--sort of call them tree trunks almost.

我们讨论的问题之一是这里的这种意象，这些垂直的柱子，如果你愿意的话，我们可以称之为，我越看越觉得称之为树干比较好。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

It's one of the pillars of healthy life, psychologically, physiologically.

它是健康人生的支柱之一，不论是心理上还是身体上。

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