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Change log entry 71492
Processed by: richwarm (2021-02-09 04:49:30 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 62655 - submitted by 'sl89' >>
Not very sure about my definition but the quotations illustrate well how the word is used.

【Wenlin】
n. 〈mil.〉 main/principal force

【Pleco】
main (or principal) force

【MoE】
拥有实力,负责主要作战任务的军队。

【LAC】
作战的主力部队。比喻发挥主要作用的人或群体。
| 电子产业是带动出口成长的~。

【规范】
1 名 作战的主力部队。
2 名 泛指起主要作用的力量
| 农民工已成为建筑业的主力军。


他表示年轻有学识的消费者对食用实验室里培育的食品并没有兴趣,他们是有机食品市场消费的主力军。
Young, educated consumers who are driving much of the organic market have no interest in eating crops derived from a laboratory, he said.

在中国等一些地区,曾经只有社会权贵才能消费得起的鱼翅汤,而现在中国日益壮大的中产阶层却成为推动这一需求的主力军。
In places such as China, shark-fin soup could once only be afforded by the elite, but the growing numbers of middle-class people in the country has driven up demand.

拜上世纪30年代的经济大萧条所赐,自那以后男性已经不再是劳动力市场的绝对主力军。
Courtesy of the Great Recession, men are no longer dominators in the labor force.

单身男性是领导这一潮流的主力军,60%的单身男性都是在电脑或电视前吃饭。
Single men are the majority leading this trend, with 60 percent of them spending meal times plugged into something.

好吧,女性现在已经是大学和研究生院的主力军,甚至在许多传统上被认为是男性专区的科技领域里亦如此。
Well, women now make up the majority of college and grad school students, even in many areas in science and technology traditionally considered to be men’s domains.
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Editor: More examples ~

我本人非常赞同这种观点。“80后”是一个正在迅速成长、消费潜力惊人的群体,是未来的消费主力军,任何有远见的企业和商家都不会忽略这样一个消费群体。
I whole-heartedly agree with this idea. The ``post-80s" are a rapidly developing group with amazing potential as consumers. They will be the main force of consumption in the future. Any enterprise or business person with any foresight will not overlook this group of consumers.

金庸小說迷大概都知道,《倚天屠龍記》中,傳自波斯的明教,是抗暴反元的主力軍,
Fans of the novels of Jin Yong probably all know that in one of his books, the main force resisting Yuan tyranny is a group of Chinese said to be of the "Ming religion," which the author says comes from the Persian Gulf region.

李旦说:“中非合作的领域将更加宽广,更加多元。除了政府主导,将更加注重发挥市场的作用,企业将成为主力军。”
Li Dan said: "The field of China-Africa cooperation will be broader and more diverse. While there is government leadership, the role of the market and enterprise will be the main driver.

根据今年八月领英发布的《第一份工作趋势洞察》报告,九五后第一份工作的平均在职时间为七个月,远远低于八零后、九零后群体,成“闪辞”主力军。
According to the "First Work Trend Insight" a report released by LinkedIn in August this year, workers born after 95 stayed in their first job for an average of 7 months, far lower than the post-80s and post-90s groups, making them the largest driver for workers who “flash quit”.

在非洲,妇女一直是从事农业的主力军。
Women farmers are the backbone of African agriculture.

首先,商人主力军,即40岁以下的妇女,被勒令禁止进入市场,此后市场亦被关闭。
First, women under 40, the main cohort of traders, were banned from markets, which have since been closed.

从年龄结构看,22 ~35岁人群是离婚主力军,...
From age structure, the main forces of the divorce group aged from22 to 35;
Diff:
# 主力軍 主力军 [zhu3 li4 jun1] /main force (mil.)/the strongest or most representive group/
+ 主力軍 主力军 [zhu3 li4 jun1] /main force (military)/(fig.) the group or element with the most impact/mainstay/main cohort/
By MDBG 2024
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