2020-01-18 pillar

1. 认识这个词（基础篇） 

词：pillar 

英英释义：a very important member or part of a group, organization, system, etc 

例句：Tourism remains the sole pillar of the local economy. 

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇） 

“pillar”是名词，基本意思是建筑中的“柱子”，也常常引申表示“核心”“支柱”“中坚力量”，是一个高频、实用的词。接下来我们通过几个例子掌握它的用法。 

当地经济的唯一支柱产业依然是旅游业： 

Tourism remains the sole pillar of the local economy.

在家里，妈妈是精神支柱： 

In our family, we think of our mother as a pillar of strength.

一个人是社会的中流砥柱，很有威望，就可以称为 a pillar of society： 

She’s long considered a pillar of society, so she won the mayoral election with ease.

我们再来看看《经济学人》中用 pillar 这种用法的例子： 

1）As recently as a decade ago, the great tradition of classical music seemed prosperous, its position as a central pillar of culture beyond dispute.

2）Yet the dollar standard is one of the most vulnerable pillars of global stability. And the world is far from ready for America to ditch its global financial role.

3）Serbia's previous government proclaimed Russia, America, the European Union and China were the four pillars of its foreign policy.

3. 从认识到会用（作业） 

翻译下面的句子： 

文明社会的基础之一就是法律面前人人平等。 

（参考翻译：One of the pillars of a civilized society must be that everyone has equal access to the legal system.)