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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This identity is the cornerstone of justice.
  合法身份是公正的基石。
• 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。
• 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。