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mainspring
- IPA[ˈmānˌspriNG]
美式
- something that plays a principal part in motivating or maintaining a movement, process, or activity;the principal spring in a watch, clock, or other mechanism.
noun: mainspring, plural noun: mainsprings
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. something that plays a principal part in motivating or maintaining a movement, process, or activity innovation is the mainspring of the new economy
- 2. the principal spring in a watch, clock, or other mechanism.
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- IPA[ˈmeɪnsprɪŋ]
英式
- the main agent of motivation: innovation is the mainspring of the new economy
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