We talked about various things – work, mainly.

The birds live mainly on nectar.

这些鸟主要以花蜜为食。

‘Where do you export to? ’ ‘France, mainly. ’

“你们出口到哪里？”“主要是法国。”

We met with very bad weather again, in which the ship sprung her mainmast.

我们又遇到非常坏的天气, 那只船弯下了它的中桅.

Knowing any man's mainspring of motive you have as it were the key to his will.

你要找的正是这种“原动力 ”,它不一定总是某种高尚的或重要的东西.

Fear is the mainspring of war.

恐惧是战争的主要动力.

His belief in liberty was the mainspring of his fight against slavery.

他对自由的信仰是他反抗奴隶制度的主要动力.

The keepers of the mainspring have little faith in it workings.

主要推动力的管理者们对其运转几乎毫无信心.

My life has been music, and a constant search for it has been the mainspring of my life...

我以音乐为生，对音乐的不懈探索已经成为我生活的动力。

The movements of the wrist make the rotor swing and this winds the mainspring automatically.

腕部的运动使得摆锤摇摆,自动使主发条上紧.

The mainspring makes the watch motion.

发条带动表走.

Small companies are the mainspring of the British economy.

小公司是英国经济的主体。

Her jealousy is the mainspring of the novel's plot.

这部小说情节中贯穿了她的忌妒之心.

The mainspring of Paul's service is not love for men, but love for Jesus Christ.

保罗侍奉的根源不是爱人, 乃是爱主.

Christian faith was the mainspring of Peter's life.

基督教信仰是彼得人生的主要动力。

The mainspring of the mechanism would remain unchanged.

这一机制的主要推动力依然不会改变.

But in 1949 mainspring was released to work at full strength.

但1949年,主要推动力得到释放,开始全力发挥作用.

Not likely, because the socialist sector is the mainstay of our economy.

我看不会的.因为我国是以社会主义经济为主体的.

They were the mainstay in the War of Resistance Against Japan.

他们是抗日战争的中流砥柱.

Another mainstay car, the midsize Mondeo, came out in 2007 and hasn't resonated with Chinese customers.

另外一款支柱车型 、 中型轿车蒙迪欧(Mondeo)2007年面世,并没有获得中国消费者的追捧.

After all, architectural fantasy has been a mainstay of radical design for centuries.

毕竟, 几个世纪以来,建筑梦幻一直是激进设计的支柱.