backbone 脊骨,脊椎;分水嶺;主要山脈;主要成分;中樞;中堅(jiān),骨干;主力;剛毅,骨氣;書脊 (the backbone of a defence 防御主力。 to the backbone 完完全全,純粹,十足,徹頭徹尾。 an Englishman to the backbone 道地的英國人)。
"he looks as if he had plenty of determination," he said, "but when you come down to brass tacks he has no backbone. " “他看起來很果斷,”他說,“可是一落實(shí)到具體問題,他就沒有魄力了?!?i class="labawb" onClick="playMp3('sound_c_1')">