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cornerstone

/kawr-ner-stohn/US // ˈkɔr nərˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈkɔːnəˌstəʊn) //

基石,角石,基地,角落的基础

Related Words

mainstay中流砥柱,中坚力量,主流,主干foundation基金会,基础,基础知识,础pillar支柱,支架,支撑物,支撑keystone钥石,钥匙石,钥匙孔,钥钥essential重要的,重要,重要性,重要的是linchpin衬托,衬里,衬垫,琳琅满目base基础,基地,基层,底层anchor锚,锚定,抛锚,锚地mainspring主弹簧,主发条,主弦,主轴

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a stone uniting two masonry walls at an intersection.
    • : a stone representing the nominal starting place in the construction of a monumental building, usually carved with the date and laid with appropriate ceremonies.
    • : something that is essential, indispensable, or basic: The cornerstone of democratic government is a free press.
    • : the chief foundation on which something is constructed or developed: The cornerstone of his argument was that all people are created equal.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounvital element
Synonyms
essential重要的,重要,重要性,重要的是foundation基金会,基础,基础知识,础keystone钥石,钥匙石,钥匙孔,钥钥linchpin衬托,衬里,衬垫,琳琅满目mainstay中流砥柱,中坚力量,主流,主干pillar支柱,支架,支撑物,支撑anchor锚,锚定,抛锚,锚地base基础,基地,基层,底层mainspring主弹簧,主发条,主弦,主轴key element关键要素,关键因素,主要内容,关键内容main ingredient主要成分,主要成份,主成分,主要原料

Examples

  • The bar has been a cornerstone of American culture from the very beginning.

  • A cornerstone of American elections has been the peaceful transition of power, but as research from the Transition Integrity Project and others underscores, there are multiple ways to contest an election.

  • Many of the cornerstones of the TV advertising calendar have been canceled or disrupted, and there’s nothing to fill the gap.

  • GM is already building a nearly 3-million-square-foot factory that will mass produce Ultium battery cells and packs, the cornerstone of the company’s strategy to bring those electric vehicles to market in the next three years.

  • Cook has turned the app store into the cornerstone of a services division that he set out to expand four years ago.

  • Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, summed up the Southern attitude in his 1861 Cornerstone Speech.

  • The cornerstone of our democracy is that justice is to be colorblind in its administration.

  • Giants are the cornerstone of the myths, legends, and traditions of almost every culture on Earth.

  • Back then, property was understood by universal consensus as a foundational cornerstone of human liberty and a life worth living.

  • The character-building cornerstone of American life has lately come under fire for ills ranging from racism to concussions.

  • To lose our privileges would be to lose the very cornerstone of our liberty.

  • The Saratoga trunk is not the best cornerstone for the home: so much we may take for granted.

  • They went as a team and gave me about as much chance to escape as if I'd been a horned toad sealed in a cornerstone.

  • Pizarro was now very busy in developing the new country he had conquered, and in laying the cornerstone of a nation.

  • Confidence—a justified confidence—is therefore the cornerstone of morale.

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