cornerstone

英 [ˈkɔːnəstəʊn]

美 [ˈkɔːrnərstoʊn]

n.  基石; 奠基石; 最重要部分; 基础; 柱石

复数：cornerstones　

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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
  1. This study is the cornerstone of the whole research programme.
     此项研究是整个研究计划的基础。

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.
  1. Research is the corner-stone of the profession.
     研究是这一职业的基础。

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
  1. the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
  Synonym:basisbasefoundationfundamentgroundwork

双语例句

• This identity is the cornerstone of justice.
  合法身份是公正的基石。
• A second plan soon supplanted the idea of paying farmers for not producing food and, indeed, became the cornerstone of national farm policy.
  第二项计划很快取代了对停止生产粮食的农民付给补助的办法，而且这项计划确实成了国家农业政策的基石。
• Thinking about, and planning, the architecture and workflow is the cornerstone for building a successful automation framework.
  构想和规划架构和工作流，这是构建一个成功的自动化框架的基础。
• 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。
• The doctrine of surplus value is the cornerstone of Marx's economic theory.
  剩余价值学说是马克思经济理论的基石。
• The cornerstone of this comprehensive project is education and vocational training.
  这项全面性计划是以教育及职业训练为基础。
• More importantly, this approach will continue to be a cornerstone of banking IT architecture for the foreseeable future.
  更为重要的是，在可以预见的将来，这个方法将继续担当银行IT基础设施的基础角色。
• 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。
• A strong, integrated health information system is the cornerstone of an optimal health system.
  强大的综合性卫生信息系统是最佳卫生系统的基石。
• But quantum physics has shattered some of our cornerstone beliefs.
  但是，量子理论已经打碎了我们信仰的基石。