pillar

noun

1. 柱子，桥墩（尤指兼作装饰的）
   a large round stone, metal or wooden post that is used to support a bridge, the roof of a building, etc., especially when it is also decorative
2. 纪念柱
   a large round stone, metal or wooden post that is built to remind people of a famous person or event
3. 柱状物
   a mass of sth that is shaped like a pillar
   1. a pillar of smoke/rock
      烟 / 石柱
4. 台柱子；主心骨；中流砥柱
   a strong supporter of sth; an important member of sth
   1. a pillar of the Church
      教会的骨干分子
   2. a pillar of society
      社会中坚
5. 富有某种素质的人；某种素质的化身
   a person who has a lot of a particular quality
   1. She is a pillar of strength in a crisis.
      她在危难中表现非常坚强。
6. （组织、制度、信仰等的）核心，基础，支柱
   a basic part or feature of a system, organization, belief, etc.
   1. the central pillar of this theory
      这一理论的核心支柱

1. N-COUNT 柱；柱子
   A pillar is a tall solid structure, which is usually used to support part of a building.
   1. ...the pillars supporting the roof.
      支撑屋顶的柱子
2. N-COUNT （制度、协议等的）支柱，核心
   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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...the last pillar of apartheid.
      种族隔离制最后的支柱
3. N-COUNT 中坚；栋梁；台柱
   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.
   1. My father had been a pillar of the community.
      我父亲一直是社区的顶梁柱。
   2. ...well-respected pillars of society.
      深受尊重的社会栋梁

1. We dodged behind a pillar out of sight of the tourists.
   我们躲到柱子后面，避开了观光者的视线。
2. 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。
3. My father had been a pillar of the community.
   我父亲一直是社区的顶梁柱。
4. She strove to read the name on the stone pillar
   她费劲地读着石柱上的名字。
5. Some people enjoy that kind of life, drifting from pillar to post.
   有些人喜欢这种生活，到处漂泊游荡。
6. There is a pillar box at the street corner.
   胡同拐角处有个邮筒。
7. The pillar is a little tilted.
   柱子有点斜。
8. I fell asleep against a pillar.
   我靠在一根柱子上睡着了。
9. The stairs spiralled round the central pillar.
   阶梯绕着中间的石柱蜗旋而上。
10. Talent management is a core pillar of our company strategy and one of my most important responsibilities.
    人才管理是我们公司战略的核心支柱，也是我最重要的职责之一。
11. The textile industry is a traditional pillar industry in China.
    纺织工业是中国传统的支柱产业。
12. The public economy, particularly the State-owned economy, has remained as a pillar of the national economy.
    公有制经济特别是国有经济，一直是中国国民经济的支柱。
13. I should like to call him a pillar of society.
    我要称他为社会的柱石。
14. The establishing and developing of the third pillar will giving insurance company great opportunity and space.
    快速建立和发展第三支柱的要求，更为商业养老保险提供了无限的机会和空间。
15. Electronic information industry has become a pillar industry in our province.
    电子信息产业成为我省工业的重要支柱产业。
16. And Laban said, see these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;
    拉班又说，你看我在你我中间所立的这石堆和柱子。
17. It calls for making cultural production including media and publishing a "pillar" industry.
    它要求文化产品的生产，包括媒体和出版的“支柱”产业。
18. This paper analyzed and calculated width of coal pillar for driving roadway along gob.
    对沿空掘巷时煤柱的留设问题进行了分析和计算。
19. The private economy, building materials industry, the sugar industry advantage prominent, as the three pillar industries.
    民营经济、建材业、制糖业优势突出，成为三大支柱产业。
20. Honesty is the pillar of a society.
    诚信是一个社会的支柱。
21. So, we must promote machinery industry, has become a pillar industry of the national economy.
    所以，我们要振兴机械工业，使之成为国民经济的支柱产业。
22. Take the TORCH from inventory and use it on lit torch on stone pillar.
    火炬从库存和使用上的石柱它点燃火炬。
23. The study results provided theoretical basis for optimum design and excavation technology of coal pillar.
    研究结果为优化煤柱设计和现场施工工艺提供了理论依据。
24. Nanjing is one of the important central cities in Chinese economy, with heavy chemical industry as its pillar.
    南京是中国重要的经济中心城市，形成了以重化工工业为主体的鲜明特色。
25. This growing interdependence will act as a pillar of stability and growth for the global economy.
    这种日益紧密的相互依存关系，将成为保持稳定，以及促进全球经济增长的一个重要支柱。
26. Editorial: The real estate industry is the pillar industry in the national economy?
    社论：房地产业该是国民经济的支柱产业吗？
27. You are my pillar and my fantasy.
    你便是我的支柱，我的幻梦。
28. Manufacturing industry of the heavy equipments is major pillar of the national economy.
    重大型装备制造业是国民经济的重要支柱。
29. And lead pillar and lead the data analysis of the set to wait a related contents.
    以及导柱和导套的数据分析等相关内容。
30. Cyberspace has become a new pillar of economic and social development, and a new domain of national security.
    网络空间是经济社会发展新支柱和国家安全新领域。

n.

be driven, pushed, etc. from pillar to post

• 被迫四处碰壁（或到处奔波）
  to be forced to go from one person or situation to another without achieving anything

noun

1. (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

   Synonym:    column

2. a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

   Synonym:    column

3. a fundamental principle or practice
   1. science eroded the pillars of superstition

4. a prominent supporter
   1. he is a pillar of the community

   Synonym:    mainstay

5. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
   1. the test tube held a column of white powder
   2. a tower of dust rose above the horizon
   3. a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite

   Synonym:    columntower