cornerstone

英 ['k??n?st??n] 美['k?rn?ston]

暢通詞匯CET6TEM4低頻詞

復(fù)數(shù):?cornerstones;

cornerstone (n.): late 13c., from corner (n.) + stone (n.). The figurative use is from early 14c.
I endorse without reserve the much abused sentiment of Governor M'Duffie, that "Slavery is the corner-stone of our republican edifice;" while I repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that much lauded but nowhere accredited dogma of Mr. Jefferson, that "all men are born equal." No society has ever yet existed, and I have already incidentally quoted the highest authority to show that none ever will exist, without a natural variety of classes. [James H. Hammond, "Letter to an English Abolitionist" 1845]

1. This study is the cornerstone of the whole research programme.: 此項(xiàng)研究是整個(gè)研究計(jì)劃的基礎(chǔ)。

2. Wage control is the cornerstone of the government's economic policy.: 控制工資是政府經(jīng)濟(jì)政策的基礎(chǔ).

4. The doctrine of surplus value is the cornerstone of Marx's economic theory.: 剩余價(jià)值學(xué)說是馬克思經(jīng)濟(jì)理論的基石.

5. The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality.: 我們宗教的創(chuàng)始人把這看作是道德的基石.