Noun the ancient Greek temple boasted graceful marble pillars with richly ornamented tops my father has been my pillar throughout this crisis
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Noun
The country has also potentially jeopardized billions of dollars in renewable investment and created another source of tension with the Biden administration, which has made combating climate change a key pillar of its foreign policy agenda. Oscar Lopez, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 That left investors with a mixed picture: A key pillar of the economy remains strong, which should be good news for markets. Akane Otani, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Research report after research report shows mental health support is a key pillar in employee engagement and retention. Michael Held, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 Kandiss Taylor, a conservative Republican who ran for the Georgia gubernatorial nomination and placed third in the state's May 24 primary, claimed the slabs of granite were satanic and made tearing them down a key pillar of her platform. Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 8 July 2022 Sky Originals are a key pillar for that success story. Manori Ravindran, Variety, 28 June 2022 The arrangement was designed to keep an open border between Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland, a key pillar of the peace process. Sylvia Hui And Peter Morrison, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2022 The arrangement was designed to keep an open border between Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland, a key pillar of the peace process. Sylvia Hui And Peter Morrison, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2022 The devastating blast came as Cuba is trying to revive a tourism industry that is a key pillar of its fragile economy and that had been upended by the pandemic. Oscar Lopez, New York Times, 6 May 2022
Verb
The tall windows, pillared facade, rooftop balustrade, and 90-foot-high rotunda of the main building give it the look of a chateau. Adam Hochschild, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2019 The recovery initiative is pillared by a breeding program and habitat safeguards. Helena Amante, Smithsonian, 8 Oct. 2019 The team started working on the research which initially began in 2014 with the Staghorn coral, but then the focus shifted to pillar coral because of a disease that has been devastating to the Florida Reef Tract. Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 21 Aug. 2019 All six of the new Yuletide scents start at just $2 and come in various sizes from tiny tea lights and votive lights to pillar candles and large jars. Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 5 Oct. 2018 The former governor of California took the oak in the marble pillared chambers of the Supreme Court. Sacbee, sacbee.com, 19 May 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English piler, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin pilare, from Latin pila
ADJECTIVE | PILLAR + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤giant, huge, massive大柱子;巨大的支柱➤tall高高的支柱▸➤supporting支柱▸➤concrete, marble, stone混凝土/大理石/石頭柱子PILLAR + VERB➤stand柱子站立▸➤hold sth up, support sth柱子支撑⋯◇The roof is supported by eight massive stone pillars.屋頂由 8 根粗大的石柱支撑着。PREPOSITION➤behind a/the pillar在柱子後面◇I hid behind a pillar when I saw my former teacher.看到以前的老師,我躲到了一根柱子後面。➤pillar of⋯的柱子◇a pillar of rock / smoke一根石柱;一道煙柱