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

And I said that Europe remains the cornerstone of our engagement with the rest of the world.
我说，欧洲依然是我们与世界其他地区进行接触的基石。
The education fair is the cornerstone of social justice.
教育公平是社会公正的基石。
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。
The self-managed team is the cornerstone of Scrum and all Agile software development.
自管理团队是Scrum和所有敏捷软件开发方法的基础。
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。
But they do not invalidate Mendel's insights, which have become the cornerstone of modern genetics.
但是它们并没有让孟德尔的见解失效，相反，孟德尔的见解成为了现代遗传学的基石。
The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality.
我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。
Information on births and deaths by age, sex and cause is the cornerstone of public health planning.
按照年龄、性别和原因分类的出生和死亡信息，是制定公共卫生规划的基石。
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。
It seems to be a cornerstone of our psychology and culture.
这似乎是我们心理学和文化的一条基本原则。