cornerstone
英 ['k??n?st??n]
美 ['k?rn?ston]
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. This study is the cornerstone of the whole research programme.
- 此項研究是整個研究計劃的基礎。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Wage control is the cornerstone of the government's economic policy.
- 控制工資是政府經濟政策的基礎.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The mayor laid the cornerstone of the new library.
- 市長為新圖書館奠基.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The doctrine of surplus value is the cornerstone of Marx's economic theory.
- 剩余價值學說是馬克思經濟理論的基石.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality.
- 我們宗教的創始人把這看作是道德的基石.
來自辭典例句