sinews

英 [ˈsɪnjuːz]

美

n.  肌腱; 力量的来源; 关键环节; 要害之处
sinew的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 肌腱;筋
  Asinewis a cord in your body that connects a muscle to a bone.
  1. ...the sinews of the neck.
     脖子上的肌腱

双语例句

• A country's sinews are its roads and railways.
  公路和铁路是国家的命脉。
• But I'd guess sinews of some very powerful material.
  但我猜是某种非常有力的肌肉。
• A walk up one flight of stairs from the ground floor to the mezzanine level reveals one of the sinews of trade between China and Africa-that of the lively business in mobile phones.
  从底层上一段楼梯，到了一二楼的夹层，这段路程充分揭示了中非贸易的原动力生机勃勃的手机生意。
• She taught me that a sentence was organic with bones and sinews and for this reason had life, that the power of logic was passionate power and that Euclid and Grammar were one.
  并教导我，一个句子是有机的一体，有血有肉，因而其中存在生命；她认为，逻辑的力量是热切而激昂的；几何美感与语法句式应浑然一体。
• Bones may be broken but not sinews because we are fellow compatriot. Between us, there no not that can not be untied.
  所谓打断骨头还连着筋，同胞之间、手足之情，没有解不开的结。
• The vast man in whom you are all but cells and sinews;
  在巨人当中，你只不过是微小的细胞和筋腱；
• Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue ( Izaak Walton)
  良友和益言是美德的源泉（艾萨克沃尔顿）
• Money is the sinews of war.
  金钱是战争的支柱。
• Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
  竟能捻搓成你心脏的肌腱？
• The sinews of his arm were tense.
  他胳臂肌肉很结实。