cornerstones

英 [ˈkɔːnəstəʊnz]

美 [ˈkɔrnərˌstoʊnz]

n.  基石; 奠基石; 最重要部分; 基础; 柱石
cornerstone的复数

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。

双语例句

• Aesthetic research, high technology, functional design, reliability and tradition: these are the cornerstones of Hatria's action strategy.
  美观性，高技术，功能设计，可靠和传统这些是。
• Determination and courage are the cornerstones of success.
  决心和勇气是成功的基石。
• For more than sixty years, no matter how the international landscape changes, independence and peace have always been the two defining features of Chinas diplomacy and the cornerstones of its foreign policy.
  六十多年来，不论国际风云如何变幻，独立自主、爱好和平，始终是中国外交的两大本质特征，也构成了中国对外政策的基石。
• Their method of validation and verification is well understood and clearly defined by the distinction between the three cornerstones of the software and systems development lifecycle: requirements gathering, code generation, and test, as shown in Figure 1.
  检验和验证方法可以得到很好的理解，并根据软件和系统开发生命周期的三个里程碑之间的不同进行清晰定义：需求收集，代码生成和测试，如图1所示。
• This fundamental truth is one of the cornerstones of the sedimentary-organic theory for the origin of hydrocarbons.
  这一重要事实，是有关碳氢化合物起源的沉积-有机理论的论证基础之一。
• Technical research and innovation are the cornerstones of P& G's success.
  技术研究和创新是宝洁公司成功的基石。
• Among the companies that could be interested in buying parts or the whole of AIA, which has been one of AIG's cornerstones for over a century, are the UK insurer Prudential and Chinese and European rivals.
  可能会对竞购AIA部分或全部资产感兴趣的公司包括英国保险公司保诚保险（Prudential），以及其它中国和欧洲的竞争对手。AIA一个多世纪来一直是AIG的业务基石。
• Hong Kong has long upheld the rule of law, which is one of its cornerstones.
  此外，香港长期的法治基础亦能令人有充分信心。
• And it affects these cornerstones, this is sort of the justification.
  它影响这些基础，这是一种调整。
• Darwin's aesthetic theory is one of the cornerstones of scientific theories of humanist eco-aesthetics.
  达尔文的审美理论乃是人本生态美学的科学理论基石。