cornerstones

英 [ˈkɔːnəstəʊnz]

美 [ˈkɔrnərˌstoʊnz]

n.  基石; 奠基石; 最重要部分; 基础; 柱石
cornerstone的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 基石;基础;最重要的部分
  Thecornerstone ofsomething 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。

双语例句

• Among the companies that could be interested in buying parts or the whole of AIA, which has been one of AIG's cornerstones for over a century, are the UK insurer Prudential and Chinese and European rivals.
  可能会对竞购AIA部分或全部资产感兴趣的公司包括英国保险公司保诚保险（Prudential），以及其它中国和欧洲的竞争对手。AIA一个多世纪来一直是AIG的业务基石。
• Education, science, and human resources are the cornerstones of national prosperity and rejuvenation, and are also at the core of overall national strength.
  教育、科技和人才，是国家强盛、民族振兴的基石，也是综合国力的核心。
• Respect for employees and employee integrity are the cornerstones of our human resources policy.
  对雇员的尊重以及雇员的正直是我们人力资源政策的基石。
• This fundamental truth is one of the cornerstones of the sedimentary-organic theory for the origin of hydrocarbons.
  这一重要事实，是有关碳氢化合物起源的沉积-有机理论的论证基础之一。
• They stress vegetarianism as one of the cornerstones of a successful meditative and spiritual life.
  他们强调，素食是一个成功的静心和灵性生活的基石之一。
• This is one of the cornerstones of my book: to clarify that the BPM discipline can be applied everywhere, using different frameworks or just using pen and paper.
  而这正是我这本书的一个根基之一：澄清BPM这一学科可用于任何地方，不管是使用不同的框架，或者仅仅使用纸和笔。
• And one of the cornerstones of Beijing's madness is the lack of crosswalks.
  而且的基石之一，北京的疯狂是缺乏人行横道。
• Their method of validation and verification is well understood and clearly defined by the distinction between the three cornerstones of the software and systems development lifecycle: requirements gathering, code generation, and test, as shown in Figure 1.
  检验和验证方法可以得到很好的理解，并根据软件和系统开发生命周期的三个里程碑之间的不同进行清晰定义：需求收集，代码生成和测试，如图1所示。
• Experts warn that job discrimination has already become a social problem that poisons the cornerstones of a healthy society – justice and equality.
  专家警告，就业歧视已然成为一个社会问题，正在毒害着健康社会的基石&公平与公正。
• The rule of law and good public order are the cornerstones of our success.
  法治和良好的治安，是香港成功的基石。