sinews

英 [ˈsɪnjuːz]

美

n.  肌腱; 力量的来源; 关键环节; 要害之处
sinew的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 肌腱;筋
  Asinewis a cord in your body that connects a muscle to a bone.
  1. ...the sinews of the neck.
     脖子上的肌腱

双语例句

• But shame was his loom, and the softening of the sinews was his thread.
  但北风以羞耻当织机，软弱的肌肉当纱线。
• Money is the sinews of war.
  金钱是战争的支柱。
• Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
  充满精力的；特别是难以咀嚼的。
• Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
  竟能捻搓成你心脏的肌腱？
• Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue ( Izaak Walton)
  良友和益言是美德的源泉（艾萨克沃尔顿）
• She taught me that a sentence was organic with bones and sinews and for this reason had life, that the power of logic was passionate power and that Euclid and Grammar were one.
  并教导我，一个句子是有机的一体，有血有肉，因而其中存在生命；她认为，逻辑的力量是热切而激昂的；几何美感与语法句式应浑然一体。
• The athletes were so nervous that we could see all their sinews tense.
  运动员非常紧张，以至我们能看到他们紧绷的肌肉。
• Money is the sinews of love, as of war.& George Farquhar, Irish dramatist
  金钱是爱情的支柱，犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。爱尔兰剧作家法夸尔
• Money is the sinews of love, as of war.
  金钱是爱情的支柱，犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。
• They may wish to fight, but they lack the money which provides the sinews of war.
  他们也许想打，但是缺乏购置军备的经费。