cornerstone

英 ['kɔːnəstəʊn]美 ['kɔrnɚston]
  • n. 基础；柱石；地基
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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