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

• And it affects these cornerstones, this is sort of the justification.
  它影响这些基础，这是一种调整。
• 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。
• Hong Kong has long upheld the rule of law, which is one of its cornerstones.
  此外，香港长期的法治基础亦能令人有充分信心。
• Lastly, business integration is one of the cornerstones of an on demand business.
  最后，业务集成是随需应变业务的基础之一。
• 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。
• For more than sixty years, no matter how the international landscape changes, independence and peace have always been the two defining features of Chinas diplomacy and the cornerstones of its foreign policy.
  六十多年来，不论国际风云如何变幻，独立自主、爱好和平，始终是中国外交的两大本质特征，也构成了中国对外政策的基石。
• 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。
• What are the cornerstones of Western ethics?
  西方伦理学的基石是什么？
• Competency management is one of modern human resources management central ideas and the position competency assessment is one of human resources management cornerstones.
  能力管理是现代人力资源管理的核心理念之一，岗位能力评价是人力资源管理的基石之一。
• 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。