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mainspring
[ˈmeɪnsprɪŋ] [ˈmeɪnsprɪŋ]

  • n. 主要动力;(钟表)主发条;主要原因;主要动机

[ 复数 mainsprings ]

专业释义英英释义

  • 发条

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mainspring [ 'meinspriŋ ]

  • n. the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism

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 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

mainspring /ˈmeɪnˌsprɪŋ/ TEM8

  • 1. 

    N-COUNT If you say that an idea, emotion, or other factor is the mainspring of something, you mean that it is the most important reason or motive for that thing. 主要部分 [书面] [usu sing, usu 'the' N 'of' n]

    例:

    My life has been music, and a constant search for it has been the mainspring of my life.

    我为音乐而生,对音乐的不懈探索已经成为我生活的动力。

    例:

    You begin to understand what actions were the mainspring of the story.

    你开始明白什么是这个故事的主要情节了。

同近义词同根词

  • n. 主要动力;(钟表)[仪]主发条;主要原因;主要动机
  • main reason

词根: main

adj.

main 主要的,最重要的;全力的

adv.

mainly 主要地,大体上

n.

main 主要部分,要点;体力;总管道

mainstay 支柱;中流砥柱;主要的依靠;主桅支索

双语例句权威例句

  • My life has been music, and a constant search for it has been the mainspring of my life.

    音乐生,对音乐不懈探索已经成为我生活的动力。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • You begin to understand what actions were the mainspring of the story.

    开始明白什么这个故事主要情节了

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • In the early 1400s came the invention of the coiled spring or fusee which maintained constant force to the gear wheels of the timekeeper despite the changing tension of its mainspring.

    15世纪早期,人们发明螺旋弹簧圆锥尽管弹簧张力不断变化,但仍能对计时装置齿轮保持恒定的力。

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