foundation stone

英 [faʊnˈdeɪʃn stəʊn]

美 [faʊnˈdeɪʃn stoʊn]

n.  基石，奠基石(重要公共建筑奠基典礼时放置)

牛津词典

noun

• 基石，奠基石（重要公共建筑奠基典礼时放置）
  a large block of stone that is put at the base of an important new public building in a special ceremony
  1. to lay the foundation stone of the new museum
     为新建博物馆奠基

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (常指建筑物奠基典礼时放置的)基石,奠基石
  Afoundation stoneis a large block of stone built into a large public building near the bottom. It is often involved in a ceremony for the opening of the building, and has writing on it recording this.
  1. The Princess of Wales laid the foundation stone for the extension to the Cathedral.
     威尔士王妃为大教堂的扩建奠基。

in AM, use 美国英语用cornerstone


• N-COUNT (存在或成功的)根基，根本
  Thefoundation stoneofsomething is the basic, important thing which its existence or success depends on.
  1. ...these foundation stones of the future: education, training, research, development.
     决定未来的一些根基：教育、培训、研究和发展

英英释义

noun

• a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building

双语例句

• The mayor was to have laid the foundation stone but he was taken ill last night.
  市长原本要来主持奠基典礼的，但昨晚病了。
• Its marble foundation stone was signed by Zinedine Zidane, one of the world's greatest footballers, and its owners think the factory will inspire a nobler breed of capitalism.
  当今最伟大的足球运动员之一&齐内丁。齐达内（ZinedineZidane）在工厂的奠基石上签了名；工厂所有者则认为它将催生一种更为高尚的资本主义形式。
• Extremely low short-term interest rates in the US are sharply eroding the functioning of the government repurchase or repo market, a foundation stone for the financial system and trading Treasury debt.
  美国极低的短期利率水平正大幅侵蚀着政府回购机能，即回购市场，这一市场是金融体系和美国国债交易的基石。
• The serious new standards on construction are delayed even further, until 2018, To continue the Great Fire analogy, we are like Londoners waiting until 1676 before laying the foundation stone.
  建筑方面的严格新标准甚至被延迟得更久，直到2018年才能实行。继续用伦敦大火进行类比，我们就像等到1676年才开始铺设基石的伦敦人。
• The Introspection of Foundation Stone and Value Pursuit on Economic Law
  对经济法基石范畴与价值追求的反思
• Feb2009, MF shot foundation stone laying ceremony for China Aviation Pavilion.
  2009年2月，麦视影像为中国航空馆拍摄奠基仪式。
• To the poetical theorists of Xinyue school, the discussion on poetry essence is the most important strategy and the main foundation stone to construct their system of poetry theory.
  诗歌本质论是新月派诗论家们构建其理论体系的首要战略与重要奠石。
• It's almost a consensus to all the economic law scholars that the social whole interest is the foundation stone of economic law.
  社会整体利益作为经济法的基石范畴，几乎已经成为了所有经济法学者的共识。
• Industry and Space the Foundation Stone for the Urban Development Talking from the Development Strategic Plan of Jiaocheng County
  产业和空间城市发展的基石从交城县发展战略规划谈起
• The Lord Mayor was to have laid the foundation stone but he was taken ill last night so the Lady Mayoress is doing it instead.
  市长大人原订要来行奠基礼，可他昨天晚间病了，所以市长夫人替他代行。