| 词汇 | mainspring |
| 释义 | mainspring noun[ Cusually singular ] formaluk /ˈmeɪn.sprɪŋ/ us /ˈmeɪn.sprɪŋ/ the most important reason for something; the thing that makes something else happen: 主要原因；主要动力 Work was the mainspring of his life.工作是他生活的主要动力。 Motives and reasons autotelic causeless drive first principles from a place ofidiom hidden agenda impulse inclination justification motivation motive name object peg place rationale reason should why without cause Examples of mainspringmainspring Most analysts begin, of course, with fundamental prejudices about the mainsprings of action in the social world. The dream's mainspring is not a wish, but a gaze into the past. Yet its avoidance is one of the mainsprings of behavior. Laudianism, by contrast, emerges in this article as politically potent, and its ideological mainsprings invite further research. All three mainsprings, then - interest, morality, and honor - coincided and complemented one another. Nevertheless, we cannot dismiss its role as the plot's mainspring. Fertile land is the mainspring upon which all stock grows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that here the mainspring can be one of two beings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet the mainspring of our industry is the small business man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Control of supply has been the mainspring of our system of parliamentary democracy for hundreds of years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, the mainspring of the capitalist system is the profit motive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The profit motive is the mainspring of the capitalist system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But money and finance are wrapped up in trade, and credit is the mainspring of trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To talk about giving a people government without control over finance is like taking the mainspring out of a watch and expecting it to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As he said, for centuries this country has been built on the fundamental mainspring of private enterprise running businesses throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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