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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And a cornerstone of that effort must be a rigorously enforced intellectual property regime.
  而这方面工作的基石，是对知识产权制度的严格执行。
• This identity is the cornerstone of justice.
  合法身份是公正的基石。
• 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。
• 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。
• Parliament has survived as an unshakeable cornerstone of our constitution and our way of life.
  议会已经成为不可动摇的基石，存在于我们的宪法和生活方式中。
• 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。