A pillar of society 社會棟樑

Stone pillars at St Paul's cathedral
圖像加註文字，Looking through stone pillars at London's St. Paul's Cathedral. Photo: BBC/ Laurence Coss.

今日短語

短語 a pillar of society 指的是那些重要的、有價值的並且參與眾多公益活動的社會成員。A pillar of... 還可以和其他社會群體和組織連用。

例句

Jimmy is a pillar of society. He raised millions of dollars to build a new hospital in the city.

Martin's a great guy. He's the head teacher in our school, runs a local charity, and is known and respected by everyone in town. He's a pillar of the community.

Matilda is a pillar of the church: she's always giving her time to organising events and tries hard to make people feel welcome there.

請注意

短語 from pillar to post 的意思是四處奔走，東奔西跑。

例句

My friend James grew up in a family which moved around all the time. The poor kid was sent from pillar to post and never had time to settle in one place!