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词汇 sinew
释义 sinew
noun
uk /ˈsɪn.juː/ us /ˈsɪn.juː/
[ C ]
a tendon (= strong piece of tissue in the body connecting a muscle to a bone)腱,筋肉
[ Cusually plural ]
a part of a structure or system that provides support and holds it together: 支架,支柱
These steel posts form the sinews of the building.这些钢柱构成了该大楼的骨架。
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Physical supports and supporting

Idiom


sinews of war

sinew | American Dictionary


sinew
noun[ Cusually pl ]
us/ˈsɪn·ju/
a strong cord of muscle found in meat; a tendon

sinewy


adjectiveus/ˈsɪn·ju·i/
lean, sinewy thighs

Examples of sinew


sinew
By focussing on head, hands, legs, organs, sinew, flesh, and face, etc., the natural wisdoms traffic in the inferior realm.
But how does this play out in the very sinews of the texts themselves + above and beyond character depiction, plot construction, etc.?
It has entered too much into the blood and sinews of education and the media here.
Yet even when it came to ' sinew and muscle ' there were synergies between suburban and working-class toryism.
It is not only fat and feathers which have been produced, but a good deal of sinew too.
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The second main line of criticism which has been advanced in the last six days concerns finance—the sinew of all government, both national and local.
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Just as bullion was said to be the sinew of war, money is certainly the sinew of the arts.
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They stiffen the sinews and summon up the blood, but they only emulate the action of the paper tiger.
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It has to be recognised that here too, money is the sinews of war.
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I see less of that and more the sinew of principle.
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It has got to have flesh and sinews and the breath of life.
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The production of crude steel, which is the sinew of a nation, has fallen.
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He had plenty of bone and sinew as well as courage.
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We are going out to attack the enemy's sinews of war.
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Some of them worked in the factories that provided the sinews of war.
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