Sentence examples of "опора" in Russian with translation "crutch"

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Это временная опора, способ восполнить отсутствие того, кого не хватает, человека, которого ты действительно любишь. They're a crutch, a way to fill the void of something that's missing, the person that you really love.
Но намного вероятнее, что она – к добру или к худу – будет продолжать служить опорой российского режима. But it seems far more likely that, for better or worse, it’s going to continue to function as a crutch for Russia’s current regime.
Они также настаивают на том, чтобы правительство более ускоренными темпами внедряло возобновляемые источники энергии, а не использовало российский газ в качестве ненадежной опоры в то время, как Германия постепенно отказывается от ядерной энергетики. They also insist on faster adoption of renewable energy rather than using Russian gas as a crutch as Germany phases out nuclear power.
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