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

First, the United States'alliance relationships are the cornerstone of our regional involvement.
首先，美国的同盟关系是我们进行地区参与的基石。
Today, the human element remains a cornerstone of our success.
直到今天，人的因素，仍然是我们成功的重要基石。
The education fair is the cornerstone of social justice.
教育公平是社会公正的基石。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Therefore the diet profession also constituted each national important cornerstone.
因此饮食行业也就构成了每个国家的重要经济支柱。
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。
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。