The johnsons are the salt of the earth 约翰逊一家是社会中坚分子（或：品德高尚的人） 。
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John is the spark plug on his rowing team 约翰是划船队的中坚分子。
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They are no longer considered as the salt of the earth 他们再也不被认为是社会的中坚分子了。
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A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class , enjoying superior intellectual , social , or economic status 是一个集体名词，指的是即精华,精锐,中坚分子。
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Helen reddy , who wrote the song , " i am woman , hear me roar and she helped usher in the women s movement today 海伦韦迪，她写的一首歌说：我是女人，听我的吼叫。她是女权运动的中坚分子。
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It would be sad if we do not have the means , or determination , to cultivate another group of core elite to pass the chinese cultural legacy down to future generations 如果我们社会没有办法，或不注意培养一批中华语言与文化的中坚分子，没有决心要把华族文化一代一代流传下去，那是很可悲的。
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Hamas stalwarts insisted that rantisi ' s killing would not hobble the organization , which is popular on the streets of the gaza strip for its schools and social - service programs 哈马斯中坚分子坚称，兰提西的遇害不会使该组织陷入困境，该组织因其学校和社会服务项目而在加沙地带的大街上广受人们支持。
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With him stood his wife , lorraine , and their two children , both in that ministry in very important positions . a family all working in the same ministry with such enthusiasm 他跟太太罗兰尼和两个孩子一起，他们都是教会的中坚分子，一家人都在同一间教会中事奉，真是充满热情，就像我们一家人在这儿一样，真令我感动。
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Even more surprising , the eight authors , including prominent academics , a retired judge and two former advisers to pq premiers , flatly announce that if the pq declared independence after a slim majority in a referendum , it would doom the province to chaos , plunging it into an uncertain struggle to get international recognition 更加令人惊讶的是，这8个包括一名有声望的学者、一个退休的法官和两个前魁人党省长在内魁独中坚分子，在声明中坚决地指出，如果魁人党以独立公投中的微弱优势宣布魁北克独立，那注定将会使魁省陷入混乱，并很难获得国际社会的认可。
