linchpin

英 [ˈlɪntʃpɪn]

美 [ˈlɪntʃpɪn]

n.  (组织、计划等的)关键人物，关键事物

复数：linchpins　

BNC.33519 / COCA.20044

牛津词典

noun

• （组织、计划等的）关键人物，关键事物
  a person or thing that is the most important part of an organization, a plan, etc., because everything else depends on them or it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 关键；关键性人物（或事物）
  If you refer to a person or thing as thelinchpinof something, you mean that they are the most important person or thing involved in it.
  1. He's the lynchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.
     他是我们队伍的核心，对实现我的长远规划举足轻重。

英英释义

noun

• pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
  Synonym:lynchpin
• a central cohesive source of support and stability
  1. faith is his anchor
  2. the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
  3. he is the linchpin of this firm
  Synonym:anchormainstaykeystonebackbonelynchpin

双语例句

• That is because gold was once the linchpin of the global monetary system and is still seen by many as a hedge against inflation.
  这是因为黄金曾是全球货币体系中的基石，而且至今仍被很多人看作是抵御通胀的保值工具。
• Woodford is the linchpin of the British athletics team.
  伍德福是英国田径队中的关键人物。
• This question of responsibility for leadership in the Chinese revolution is the linchpin upon which the success or failure of the revolution depends.
  这个中国革命领导责任的问题，乃是革命成败的关键。
• For a moment, no one moved. Then, as if the woman's threat had pulled some invisible linchpin keeping all the diners locked to their seats, they sprung up and scrambled for the Jim Dandy's exits.
  那一瞬间，没有人动作，然后，似乎这个女人的威胁解除了某种把众食客按在座位上的看不见的锁链一般，大家纷纷跳起来，开始拼命朝着饭店的出口抱头鼠窜。
• A linchpin of the country's economy.
  这是本岛经济的一大支柱。
• For the Activity Streams standard to be a viable linchpin of the decentralized social web, it must also adhere to these principles.
  ActivityStreams标准要成为分散社交网络的关键要素，也必须坚持这些原则。
• In actual china, there is lack of rule of law and her sublime spirit, which acts as the linchpin to maintain the stability and harmony of modern society.
  作为维系现代社会稳定和谐的关键，中国当下最缺失的还是法治以及由她展示出来的崇高精神。
• The dollar is the linchpin of the system of international payments.
  美元是国际支付体系中的核心。
• Corinne's research was the linchpin of this project.
  科琳的调查结果是这个项目的关键。
• The Tories will have to deliver a referendum by 2017 over whether Britain will stay part of the EU or not, since it was a linchpin pledge during the campaign.
  这意味着英国将在2017年前就是否脱欧盟举行全民公投，因为这是保守党在竞选时最为关键的一大承诺。