| 词汇 | collocation_english_pillar |
| 释义 | Collocations with pillarThese are words often used in combination with pillar. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. central pillar Government-sponsored health insurance is a central pillar of the modern welfare state. concrete pillar I received a telephone call saying that my wife had wrapped her new car around a concrete pillar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 fundamental pillar It is indeed a fundamental pillar on which international law itself depends. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 huge pillars They have erected two huge pillars—extra taxation and extra expenditure on all the wrong things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 key pillar The third pillar—the key pillar—is stakeholder pension schemes, which will be secure, low cost and flexible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 main pillar The new conditions were criticised as harmful to children and to what these parties regarded as the main pillar of society, the family. marble pillar I went through a grand entrance hall with marble pillars, and it might have been a social evening or conversazione. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 massive pillar Only the gate, some parts of the boundary and a massive pillar about fourteen feet in height remain now. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. pillar of democracy What this means is that we have to get the fourth pillar of democracy, the fourth of the four powers, the media, more involved. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English pillar of society Would not such a system reflect a concern for the family as a moral pillar of society? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 square pillar Above it is a balustraded balcony whose gabled roof is supported by square pillars. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. supporting pillar With the demise of traditional forms of legitimation such as the divine right of kings, the importance of scientific knowledge as a supporting pillar of legitimation has steadily grown. twin pillars Gambling and tourism have long been the twin pillars of the local economy. wooden pillar Only one wooden pillar remains from this temple. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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