| 单词 | mainspring |
| 释义 | mainspring noun[Cusually singular] formaluk/ˈmeɪn.sprɪŋ/us/ˈmeɪn.sprɪŋ/the mostimportantreasonfor something; the thing that makes somethingelsehappen: 主要原因；主要动力Work wasthemainspringofhislife.工作是他生活的主要动力。 Motives and reasons
Examplesofmainspringmainspring Most analysts begin, of course, with fundamental prejudices about the mainsprings of action in the social world. From theCambridge English Corpus The dream'smainspringis not a wish, but a gaze into the past. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet its avoidance is one of the mainsprings of behavior. From theCambridge English Corpus Laudianism, by contrast, emerges in this article as politically potent, and its ideological mainsprings invite further research. From theCambridge English Corpus All three mainsprings, then - interest, morality, and honor - coincided and complemented one another. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, we cannot dismiss its role as the plot'smainspring. From theCambridge English Corpus Fertile land is themainspringupon which all stock grows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that here themainspringcan be one of two beings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet themainspringof our industry is the small business man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Control of supply has been themainspringof our system of parliamentary democracy for hundreds of years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, themainspringof the capitalist system is the profit motive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The profit motive is themainspringof the capitalist system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But money and finance are wrapped up in trade, and credit is themainspringof trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To talk about giving a people government without control over finance is like taking themainspringout of a watch and expecting it to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As he said, for centuries this country has been built on the fundamentalmainspringof private enterprise running businesses throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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