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单词 sinew
释义
sinew
noun
uk
/ˈsɪn.juː/us
/ˈsɪn.juː/
[C]
atendon(=strongpieceoftissuein thebodyconnectingamuscleto abone)
腱，筋肉
[Cusually plural]
apartof astructureorsystemthatprovidessupportandholdsit together:
支架，支柱
Thesesteelpostsformthe sinews of thebuilding.这些钢柱构成了该大楼的骨架。
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Idiom

sinews of war
(Definition ofsinewfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sinew| American Dictionary

sinew
noun[Cusually pl]
us
/ˈsɪn·ju/
astrongcordofmusclefoundinmeat; atendon

sinewy

adjectiveus
/ˈsɪn·ju·i/
lean, sinewythighs
(Definition ofsinewfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsinew

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By focussing on head, hands, legs, organs,sinew, flesh, and face, etc., the natural wisdoms traffic in the inferior realm.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But how does this play out in the very sinews of the texts themselves + above and beyond character depiction, plot construction, etc.?
From theCambridge English Corpus
It has entered too much into the blood and sinews of education and the media here.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Yet even when it came to 'sinewand muscle ' there were synergies between suburban and working-class toryism.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is not only fat and feathers which have been produced, but a good deal ofsinewtoo.
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The second main line of criticism which has been advanced in the last six days concerns finance—thesinewof all government, both national and local.
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Just as bullion was said to be thesinewof war, money is certainly thesinewof 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.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I see less of that and more thesinewof 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 thesinewof a nation, has fallen.
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He had plenty of bone andsinewas 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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