pillars
n. 柱( pillar的名词复数 ); 台柱; 顶梁柱; (组织、制度、信仰等的)核心
A pillar is a tall solid structure, which is usually used to support part of a building.
...the pillars supporting the roof.
支撑屋顶的柱子
If something is the pillar of a system or agreement, it is the most important part of it or what makes it strong and successful.
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。
...the last pillar of apartheid.
种族隔离制最后的支柱
If you describe someone as a pillar of society or as a pillar of the community, you approve of them because they play an important and active part in society or in the community.
My father had been a pillar of the community.
我父亲一直是社区的顶梁柱。
...well-respected pillars of society.
深受尊重的社会栋梁
Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.
工厂里四处都立有铁柱支撑着房顶。
The pillars rotted away and were replaced.
柱子完全腐烂以后换了新的。
Its once-elegant white pillars are peeling.
曾经典雅的白色立柱正在掉漆。
The pillars couldn't support the weight of the roof.
这些柱子无法承受屋顶的重量.
Are these pillars strong enough to keep up that dome?
这几根柱子撑得住那个圆形屋顶 吗 ?