cornerstone是什么意思？

cornerstone

英[ˈkɔ:nəstəʊn] 美[ˈkɔrnərstoʊn]

• n. 奠基石，基础，最重要部份，柱石；

复数：cornerstones;

例句

• Wage control is the cornerstone of the government’s economic policy. 控制工资是政府经济政策的基础。
• The canvas Yin Xiang Ri Chu is the cornerstone of impressionistic paintings. 《印象日出》这幅油画,是印象派绘画的奠基石.
• 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.
• The doctrine of surplus value is the cornerstone of Marx's economic theory. 剩余价值学说是马克思经济理论的基石.
• The mayor laid the cornerstone of the new library. 市长为新图书馆奠基.

英语四级真题

sustainable way is the cornerstone (基石) of our nation's energy security, and will be one of the major challengesof the 21st century.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  基石;基础;最重要的部分
  The cornerstone of something is the basic part of it on which its existence, success, or truth depends.
  例句
  Research is the corner-stone of the profession. 研究是这一职业的基础。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  奠基石
  The mayor laid the cornerstone of the new library. 市长为新图书馆奠基。
  基础
  Wage control is the cornerstone of the government’s economic policy. 控制工资是政府经济政策的基础。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
  "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
  2. a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
  3. a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls