pivot / ˈpɪv ət /

💦中学词汇枢轴支点枢纽枢机

pivot3 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
  2. the end of a shaft or arbor, resting and turning in a bearing.
  3. any thing or person on which something or someone functions or depends vitally: He is the pivot of my life.
v. 无主动词 verb
  1. to turn on or as on a pivot.
  2. Basketball. to keep one foot in place while holding the ball and moving the other foot one step in any direction.
  3. to modify a policy, opinion, product, etc., while retaining some continuity with its previous version, especially as part of a strategy to appeal to a different audience:The candidate will need to pivot on her unpopular position regarding prescription drug pricing.The studio pivoted away from gritty realism to make the film’s sequel more family-friendly.
v. 有主动词 verb
  1. to mount on, attach by, or provide with a pivot or pivots.
  2. to modify while retaining some continuity with its previous version:The start-up was able to pivot the app to a new market without losing too many man-hours of coding.

pivot 近义词

n. 名词 noun

center point about which something

v. 动词 verb

revolve around center point

更多pivot例句

  1. Albright co-founded Tenderfoot TV —named before its pivot to audio — with filmmaker Payne Lindsey in 2016.
  2. Election officials here believe other states can do similar pivots so they can offer voting by mail — noting that all states already have absentee voting in some form.
  3. Utilising event schema markup, your business can make the pivot towards more online events, whilst standing above the competition in the SERPs through rich results.
  4. “We operated from a place of holding students harmless for the abrupt pivot, which led us to credit-no credit grading, which in turn created voluntary learning experiences, leading us to focus on engagement and outreach in the fall,” Lawrence said.
  5. In my work, along with many others, we find that race, gender, immigrant status, group identity in general is not something on the periphery, but is a pillar, is a pivot to how we understand political economy.
  6. The political pivot comes when they realize that there could be a world without Hunger Games at all.
  7. As long as Democrats don't mention the clunky word "infrastructure" too much, they should pivot hard to jobs.
  8. Once, a center was called a “pivot man,” with good and clear reason.
  9. But his greatest gifts remain in the classic pivot—close in with his back to the basket.
  10. Paul has generated positive headlines with a pivot away from party orthodoxy in recent months.
  11. Pulling the horse on his haunches, and swinging him round at the same moment as if on a pivot, he made a bound to the left.
  12. A circular revolving platform rests on the pivot and rollers.
  13. The bridge is carried on a circular base plate with a central pivot and a circular track for a live ring and conical rollers.
  14. To this cylinder the door was mortised, their combined weight coming upon the lower pivot.
  15. Hooker had swung the army up to Fairfax and Centreville, moving on an inner circle, with Washington for a pivot.