cornerstone
基石,角石,基地,角落的基础
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- : a stone uniting two masonry walls at an intersection.
- : a stone representing the nominal starting place in the construction of a monumental building, usually carved with the date and laid with appropriate ceremonies.
- : something that is essential, indispensable, or basic: The cornerstone of democratic government is a free press.
- : the chief foundation on which something is constructed or developed: The cornerstone of his argument was that all people are created equal.
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The bar has been a cornerstone of American culture from the very beginning.
A cornerstone of American elections has been the peaceful transition of power, but as research from the Transition Integrity Project and others underscores, there are multiple ways to contest an election.
Many of the cornerstones of the TV advertising calendar have been canceled or disrupted, and there’s nothing to fill the gap.
GM is already building a nearly 3-million-square-foot factory that will mass produce Ultium battery cells and packs, the cornerstone of the company’s strategy to bring those electric vehicles to market in the next three years.
Cook has turned the app store into the cornerstone of a services division that he set out to expand four years ago.
Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, summed up the Southern attitude in his 1861 Cornerstone Speech.
The cornerstone of our democracy is that justice is to be colorblind in its administration.
Giants are the cornerstone of the myths, legends, and traditions of almost every culture on Earth.
Back then, property was understood by universal consensus as a foundational cornerstone of human liberty and a life worth living.
The character-building cornerstone of American life has lately come under fire for ills ranging from racism to concussions.
To lose our privileges would be to lose the very of our liberty.