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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• More importantly, this approach will continue to be a cornerstone of banking IT architecture for the foreseeable future.
  更为重要的是，在可以预见的将来，这个方法将继续担当银行IT基础设施的基础角色。
• 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。
• 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。