cornerstone
英 ['kɔːnəstəʊn]
美['kɔrnɚston]
- n. 基础；柱石；地基
词态变化
复数: cornerstones;
英文词源
- 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]
双语例句
- 1. This study is the cornerstone of the whole research programme.
- 此项研究是整个研究计划的基础。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The mayor laid the cornerstone of the new library.
- 市长为新图书馆奠基.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. 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.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句