cornerstone
英 [ˈkɔːnəstəʊn]
美 [ˈkɔːrnərstoʊn]
n. 基石; 奠基石; 最重要部分; 基础; 柱石
复数:cornerstones
Collins.1 / BNC.13995 / COCA.9822
牛津词典
noun
- 基石;奠基石
a stone at the corner of the base of a building, often laid in a special ceremony - 最重要部分;基础;柱石
the most important part of sth that the rest depends on- This study is the cornerstone of the whole research programme.
此项研究是整个研究计划的基础。
- This study is the cornerstone of the whole research programme.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 基石;基础;最重要的部分
Thecornerstone ofsomething is the basic part of it on which its existence, success, or truth depends.- Research is the corner-stone of the profession.
研究是这一职业的基础。
- Research is the corner-stone of the profession.
英英释义
noun
- a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
- a stone in the exterior of a large and important building
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
双语例句
- Last month it established a department that looks set to become a cornerstone of UK management education.
上个月,该院又成立了一个新的部门,后者似乎将成为英国管理教育的一块奠基石。 - A cornerstone of the quality management system is the control of documents.
质量管理体系的基石是文件的控制。 - The nuclear force is a strategic cornerstone for safeguarding national sovereignty and security.
核力量是维护国家主权和安全的战略基石。 - Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development.
贸易已成为我们增长和全球发展的基石。 - Parliament has survived as an unshakeable cornerstone of our constitution and our way of life.
议会已经成为不可动摇的基石,存在于我们的宪法和生活方式中。 - The presence or absence of market power has become the cornerstone of modern antitrust analysis.
市场势力的存在或丧失已经成为现代反垄断分析的基础。 - Companies approach to development: technology is the cornerstone of the survival and development.
公司的发展方针是:科技是生存和发展的基石。 - The basic-level police department is the pillar and cornerstone of the country's policing work.
摘要基层警察机构是整个国家警务工作的支柱和基石。 - This identity is the cornerstone of justice.
合法身份是公正的基石。 - The education fair is the cornerstone of social justice.
教育公平是社会公正的基石。