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keystone

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n.重点,要旨,基本原理 n.[建] 拱心石,楔石

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keystone


n
1 (architecture 建) central stone at the top of an arch locking the others into position 拱顶石.
2 (usu sing 通常作单数) (fig 比喻) most important part of a plan, an argument, etc on which all the other parts depend (计划、论据等的)基础, 主旨
*Belief in a life after death is the keystone of her religious faith. 她的宗教信仰的基础是相信死後有来生. Cf 参看 corner-stone (corner1).

keystone


n
[C]
the large central stone in an arch that keeps the other stones in position
[singular]formal
the most important part of an idea, belief, or process that influences how it develops
keystone of
 The keystone of any personal injury case is medical evidence.
1. A few months later, a couple of almost comic body-thieves stole his body from the family burial chamber and held it for money: the police recovered it with more efficiency than Mack Sennett's clumsy Keystone Cops would have done.
    几个月后,几个近乎可笑的盗尸者从他的家庭墓室盗走了他的尸体以借此诈钱。警方追回了他的尸体,其效率比麦克·塞纳特拍摄的启斯东喜剧片中的笨拙警察要高得多。

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