keystone

英 [ˈkiːstəʊn]

美 [ˈkiːstoʊn]

n.  拱顶石; (计划、论据的)主旨，基础

复数：keystones　

IELTS

BNC.21380 / COCA.17516

牛津词典

noun

• 拱顶石
  the central stone at the top of an arch that keeps all the other stones in position
• （计划、论据的）主旨，基础
  the most important part of a plan or argument that the other parts depend on

柯林斯词典

• 拱顶石
  Akeystoneis a stone at the top of an arch, which keeps the other stones in place by its weight and position.
• N-COUNT （政策、体系或进程的）基础，主旨
  Akeystone ofa policy, system, or process is an important part of it, which is the basis for later developments.
  1. Keeping inflation low is the keystone of their economic policy.
     将通货膨胀率保持在较低水平是他们经济政策的主旨。

英英释义

noun

• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
  Synonym:keyheadstone
• a central cohesive source of support and stability
  1. faith is his anchor
  2. the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
  3. he is the linchpin of this firm
  Synonym:anchormainstaybackbonelinchpinlynchpin

双语例句

• The public life in Shanghai alley and pedestrian streets is the keystone of the study.
  人们在上海弄堂和步行街中的公共生活，是本文研究的重点。
• HTTPS is the keystone of Internet security and privacy.
  HTTPS现在是互联网安全和隐私保护的基石。
• Presently the study keystone of the technique is how to improve its accuracy and sensitiveness to measure.
  目前对该技术的研究重点是如何提高它的测试准确性和灵敏度。
• In this paper, the general situation of mountain ecosystem was briefly introduced and the effects of keystone populations on the degraded ecosystem were discussed.
  简要介绍了岷江上游山地生态系统的概况，讨论了关键种群在退化生态系统研究中的作用和意义。
• Each Keystone function supports back-end plug-ins for integration into heterogeneous environments and to expose diverse functionality.
  每个Keystone功能都支持用于集成到异构环境并展示不同功能的后端插件。
• Japan's co-operation was the keystone in developing the regional agreement.
  日本的合作是发展地区和睦的基础。
• Keeping inflation low is the keystone of their economic policy.
  将通货膨胀率保持在较低水平是他们经济政策的主旨。
• Social justice is the keystone of their political program.
  社会公平是他们政治纲领的基本原则。
• The keystone of this paper was to establish and calibrate and validate these four new modules.
  本文的研究重点是建立和验证新增的四个模块。
• That is the ideal condition that I need, its keystone lies in the experience.
  这才是我想要的理想状态，它的重点是一种体验。