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。
• Money is the sinews of love, as of war.
  金钱是爱情的支柱，犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。
• Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
  充满精力的；特别是难以咀嚼的。
• 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）
• While other people stiffen their sinews with something stronger, the English constitution merely demands tea.
  别国的人用更烈性的东西来增强体力，但英国人的体质却只需要茶。
• Muscles need strong sinews to work effectively.
  肌肉需要强壮的肌腱才能有效工作。
• Money is the sinews of war.
  金钱是战争的支柱。
• 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。
• They continue to supply the sinews of war to our beloved country.
  他们继续向我们亲爱的祖国提供军费。
• The treatment group were treated by acupuncture meridian sinews node method, the control group with routine acupuncture.
  治疗组采用针刺经筋结点的方法，对照组采用常规针刺法。