backbones

英 [ˈbækbəʊnz]

美 [ˈbækˌboʊnz]

n.  脊梁骨; 脊柱; 支柱; 骨干; 基础; 毅力; 骨气
backbone的复数

柯林斯词典

• 脊柱
  Yourbackboneis the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
• N-SING 中坚力量；骨干；支柱
  Thebackboneof an organization or system is the part of it that gives it its main strength.
  1. The small business people of Britain are the economic backbone of the nation.
     英国的小商人是国家经济的支柱。
• N-UNCOUNT 骨气；勇气
  If you say that someone has nobackbone, you think they do not have the courage to do things which need to be done.
  1. You might be taking drastic measures and you've got to have the backbone to do that.
     你也许要采取极端的措施，你必须有勇气那么做。

双语例句

• But probably only if backbones were stiffened by a US presence at the summit table.
  不过，这或许只有在美国参加峰会、各方决心加强后才会发生。
• Squid is my word for people who seem to be missing their backbones but possess myriad sucking tentacles of emotional need.
  除掉鱿鱼.在我的词汇力，鱿鱼是那些似乎没骨头，却长了无数情感需求吸吮盘的人。
• The youths are the backbones of the country!
  年轻人是国家的栋梁！
• Many people are dying because of hunger; crops are failing; livestock are dying-even the wildlife, which is actually one of the backbones of the economy in terms of tourism.
  很多人因为饥饿而死亡，作物歉收，牲畜、甚至作为旅游经济顶梁柱的野生动物也面临死亡。
• In fact our backbones are not straight.
  实际上我们的脊柱不是直的。
• Chiral bisoxazolines have been widely applied ligands to asymmetric catalysis and a series of optically active bisoxazolines with rigid backbones and different chelate sizes were synthesized.
  手性双恶唑啉是在不对称催化中广泛应用的一类重要的配体。
• Why do hummingbirds and gorillas both have backbones?
  为什么蜂鸟和大猩猩都有脊骨？
• The mollusc phylum includes all soft-bodied animals without backbones.
  软体动物门包括所有无脊椎的软体动物。
• Qiujin trained one batch of backbones for Anhui-Zhejiang uprising when she managed Datong school.
  秋瑾主持大通学堂的校务，为皖浙起义培训了一批骨干。
• Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.
  奇怪的是，没有脊椎的生物却有最硬的壳。