cornerstone

noun

1. 基石；奠基石
   a stone at the corner of the base of a building, often laid in a special ceremony
2. 最重要部分；基础；柱石
   the most important part of sth that the rest depends on
   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。

1. N-COUNT 基石;基础;最重要的部分
   The cornerstone of something is the basic part of it on which its existence, success, or truth depends.
   1. Research is the corner-stone of the profession.
      研究是这一职业的基础。

1. 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。
2. A second plan soon supplanted the idea of paying farmers for not producing food and, indeed, became the cornerstone of national farm policy.
   第二项计划很快取代了对停止生产粮食的农民付给补助的办法，而且这项计划确实成了国家农业政策的基石。
3. Thinking about, and planning, the architecture and workflow is the cornerstone for building a successful automation framework.
   构想和规划架构和工作流，这是构建一个成功的自动化框架的基础。
4. More importantly, this approach will continue to be a cornerstone of banking IT architecture for the foreseeable future.
   更为重要的是，在可以预见的将来，这个方法将继续担当银行IT基础设施的基础角色。
5. First, the United States'alliance relationships are the cornerstone of our regional involvement.
   首先，美国的同盟关系是我们进行地区参与的基石。
6. Parliament has survived as an unshakeable cornerstone of our constitution and our way of life.
   议会已经成为不可动摇的基石，存在于我们的宪法和生活方式中。
7. And I said that Europe remains the cornerstone of our engagement with the rest of the world.
   我说，欧洲依然是我们与世界其他地区进行接触的基石。
8. Therefore the diet profession also constituted each national important cornerstone.
   因此饮食行业也就构成了每个国家的重要经济支柱。
9. Information on births and deaths by age, sex and cause is the cornerstone of public health planning.
   按照年龄、性别和原因分类的出生和死亡信息，是制定公共卫生规划的基石。
10. This identity is the cornerstone of justice.
    合法身份是公正的基石。
11. 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。
12. The cornerstone of this comprehensive project is education and vocational training.
    这项全面性计划是以教育及职业训练为基础。
13. Today, the human element remains a cornerstone of our success.
    直到今天，人的因素，仍然是我们成功的重要基石。
14. But they do not invalidate Mendel's insights, which have become the cornerstone of modern genetics.
    但是它们并没有让孟德尔的见解失效，相反，孟德尔的见解成为了现代遗传学的基石。
15. The basic-level police department is the pillar and cornerstone of the country's policing work.
    摘要基层警察机构是整个国家警务工作的支柱和基石。
16. Last month it established a department that looks set to become a cornerstone of UK management education.
    上个月，该院又成立了一个新的部门，后者似乎将成为英国管理教育的一块奠基石。
17. The education fair is the cornerstone of social justice.
    教育公平是社会公正的基石。
18. The self-managed team is the cornerstone of Scrum and all Agile software development.
    自管理团队是Scrum和所有敏捷软件开发方法的基础。
19. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development.
    贸易已成为我们增长和全球发展的基石。
20. And a cornerstone of that effort must be a rigorously enforced intellectual property regime.
    而这方面工作的基石，是对知识产权制度的严格执行。
21. A cornerstone of the quality management system is the control of documents.
    质量管理体系的基石是文件的控制。
22. It seems to be a cornerstone of our psychology and culture.
    这似乎是我们心理学和文化的一条基本原则。
23. A strong, integrated health information system is the cornerstone of an optimal health system.
    强大的综合性卫生信息系统是最佳卫生系统的基石。
24. But quantum physics has shattered some of our cornerstone beliefs.
    但是，量子理论已经打碎了我们信仰的基石。
25. Our comprehensive suite of Continuing Medical Education events remains a cornerstone of the SOGC's work.
    我们的继续医学教育活动的一整套，仍然是一个SOGC工作的基石。
26. Second, make fairness a cornerstone of policies for international health development.
    其次，使公平成为国际卫生发展政策的基石。
27. The presence or absence of market power has become the cornerstone of modern antitrust analysis.
    市场势力的存在或丧失已经成为现代反垄断分析的基础。
28. The cornerstone of the Association's commitment to ethical business practices and consumer service is its Code of Ethics.
    协会的承诺对道德商业惯例和消费者服务作为它的品行规范。
29. Companies approach to development: technology is the cornerstone of the survival and development.
    公司的发展方针是：科技是生存和发展的基石。
30. The nuclear force is a strategic cornerstone for safeguarding national sovereignty and security.
    核力量是维护国家主权和安全的战略基石。

noun

1. a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls

2. a stone in the exterior of a large and important building

3. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
   1. the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

   Synonym:    basisbasefoundationfundamentgroundwork