pillars

The Greeks believed that Gibraltar was one of the Pillars of Hercules and no one dared sail beyond it.

希腊人相信直布罗陀是赫克利斯石柱之一，因而没有人胆敢驶离它的范围。

As an important result of the Uruguay Round, the GATS is one of the three pillars of the WTO.

作为乌拉圭回合的重要成果，服务贸易总协定（GATS）是WTO框架下的三大支柱之一。

To think about this question, recall the pillars on which our current understanding of the big bang is based.

要能够好好地思考这个问题，必须先回顾一下我们目前对宇宙的理解是建立在哪些基础之上。

The front door was flanked by pillars, and from the corners of the architrave one lion looked up Bahnhofstrasse while another looked down.

前门两侧有门柱支撑，顶住过梁的角落有头狮子昂头望着班霍夫街，而另一头朝下俯瞰着。

He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.

又照圣所内链子的样式做链子，安在柱顶上；又做一百石榴，安在链子上。

Given that the American consumer is still seen as one of the pillars of the luxury sales forecasts, this is no small doomsday prediction.

鉴于美国消费者仍被视为奢侈品预测销量的支柱之一，因此这是一个不小的灾难性预测。

It had very strong structural integrity as you can see from the lack of A pillars.

它的结构非常结实，从它没有A字型的支撑架就可见一斑。

And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

用那一千七百七十五舍客勒银子作柱子上的钩子，包裹柱顶并柱子上的杆子。

microchip production had been one of the pillars of its business , but high european costs and global competition persuaded it to retreat.

而作为飞利浦曾经支柱性产业之一的芯片技术，也碍于欧洲生产的高成本和全球竞争的日渐激烈而不得不放弃。

And worst of all, his wife was from a good family, her father was one of the pillars of the exchange market and his revenge would be great.

最糟糕的是，他的妻子是名门出身的大家闺秀，她父亲是交易市场的栋梁人物，倘若兴师问罪起来，那可了不得。

In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

在这廊前又有廊子，廊外有柱子和台阶。

And I will have your images and your pillars cut off from you; and you will no longer give worship to the work of your hands.

我必从你中间除灭雕刻的偶像和柱像、你就不再跪拜自己手所造的。

He will not be looking to the altars , the work of his hands, or to the wood pillars or to the sun-images which his fingers have made.

他们必不仰望祭坛，就是自己手所筑的，也不重看自己指头所作的，无论是木偶，是日像。

The hope was that this would not disturb the thousands of wooden pillars on which the city rests.

现在要指望的是，撑起城市的几千根木质地桩不会因此受到影响。

Kissinger can truly claim to be the chief architect of what was and remains one of the pillars of the international order.

基辛格才真正称得上首席建筑师，其杰作曾经是，而且仍然是维持国际秩序的支柱之一。

And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver.

为幔子做四根皂荚木柱子，用金包裹，柱子上有金钩，又为柱子铸了四个带卯的银座。

Apart from my immediate family there are only a few people (less than 5) that I would consider to be very close friends, my pillars.

除了我的直系亲属，只有几个人（不到5人）我觉得是密友，他们是我的支柱。

It was like little pillars of fire. This was not real fire but appeared to be fire.

这就像一根根火焰柱﹐虽然不是真的火焰﹐但是却形同烈火。

As different in shape, suspension bridge cables tend to stretch all the points of the pillars of the bridge tends to squeeze everywhere.

由于在形状上的不同，悬索桥的缆绳的各点都趋向拉伸而拱桥的支柱的各处都趋于挤压。

Pictured above is one of several striking dust pillars of the Eagle Nebula that might be described as a gigantic alien fairy.

上图为鹰状星云若干突出的尘埃柱之一，就像是一个巨大的外星精灵。