keystone

US [ˈkiˌstoʊn]
UK [ˈkiːˌstəʊn]
  • n.拱顶石；基础
  • adj.吉斯通式的
  • Web拱心石；凯斯通；重点
Plural Form：keystones  

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keystone
n.
1.
拱顶石the central stone at the top of an arch that keeps all the other stones in position
2.
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（计划、论据的）主旨，基础the most important part of a plan or argument that the other parts depend on

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AllAll,拱顶石拱顶石,基础基础,吉斯通式的吉斯通式的,拱心石拱心石,凯斯通凯斯通,重点重点
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1.
Here were two guys from one of the biggest PR agencies in the world, blustering around Silicon Valley like a pair of Keystone Kops.
全球最大的一家公关机构中出来了一对像启斯东警察（KeystoneKops）的家伙在硅谷散步流言。
quán qiú zuì dà de yì jiā gōng guān jī gòu zhōng chū lái le yí duì xiàng qǐ sī dōng jǐng chá ( KeystoneKops ) de jiā huo zài guī gǔ sàn bù liú yán 。
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2.
Just as a keystone holds together a stone arch, Pennsylvania was seen as holding together the young American republic.
正如垒成牌坊的基石，宾夕法尼亚州被视为维系了年轻的美利坚共和国。
zhèng rú lěi chéng pái fāng de jī shí , bīn xī fǎ ní yà zhōu bèi shì wéi wéi xì le nián qīng de měi lì jiān gòng hé guó 。
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3.
Free and fair elections are the keystone of any democracy. They are essential for the peaceful transfer of power.
自由公正的选举是任何民主制度的基石，对于和平的权力交接至关重要。
zì yóu gōng zhèng de xuǎn jǔ shì rèn hé mín zhǔ zhì dù de jī shí , duì yú hé píng de quán lì jiāo jiē zhì guān zhòng yào 。
www.america.gov
4.
Beijing has made renewable energy a keystone of its energy policy and aims to raise solar power capacity tenfold in the next five years.
中国政府已经将发展可再生能源定为其能源政策重点，计划在未来5年内将太阳能发电装机容量增至目前的10倍。
zhōng guó zhèng fǔ yǐ jīng jiāng fā zhǎn kě zài shēng néng yuán dìng wéi qí néng yuán zhèng cè zhòng diǎn , jì huà zài wèi lái wǔ nián nèi jiāng tài yáng néng fā diàn zhuāng jī róng liàng zēng zhì mù qián de shí bèi 。
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5.
The keystone of this mammoth industrial empire was the Chase National Bank, now renamed the Chase Manhattan Bank.
这个庞大的工业帝国的支柱是大通国民银行（现已更名为大通曼哈顿银行）。
zhè ge páng dà de gōng yè dì guó de zhī zhù shì dà tōng guó mín yín háng ( xiàn yǐ gēng míng wéi dà tōng màn hā dùn yín háng ) 。
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6.
The chunk of stone - why did it keep rising in his mind? The keystone. One pull of the keystone and the whole wall comes tumbling down.
厚厚的石块——为什么这个词持续出现在欧比万脑海中？是主石块！只要拉动它，整面墙就会倒塌。
hòu hòu de shí kuài —— wèi shén me zhè ge cí chí xù chū xiàn zài ōu bǐ wàn nǎo hǎi zhōng ? shì zhǔ shí kuài ! zhǐ yào lā dòng tā , zhěng miàn qiáng jiù huì dǎo tā 。
www.starwarschina.com
7.
The party was the keystone of a political system that has long been crumbling.
政党是一个政治体系长久以来为何分解的拱心石。
zhèng dǎng shì yī gè zhèng zhì tǐ xì cháng jiǔ yǐ lái wèi hé fēn jiě de gǒng xīn shí 。
www.ecocn.org
8.
It concluded that the shrubby vegetation was the keystone for the biodiversity conservation in the region.
所以，在本地进行生物多样性保护中应该重点放在灌丛植被。
suǒ yǐ , zài běn dì jìn xíng shēng wù duō yàng xìng bǎo hù zhōng yīng gāi zhòng diǎn fàng zài guàn cóng zhí bèi 。
dictsearch.appspot.com
9.
Therefore, XForms can become the keystone of a highly productive declarative and XML-centric development environment.
因此，XForms可能成为高生产率的声明性的、以XML为中心的开发环境的基础。
yīn cǐ , XForms kě néng chéng wéi gāo shēng chǎn lǜ de shēng míng xìng de 、 yǐ XML wéi zhōng xīn de kāi fā huán jìng de jī chǔ 。
www.ibm.com
10.
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。
běn wén de yán jiū zhòng diǎn shì jiàn lì hé yàn zhèng xīn zēng de sì gè mó kuài 。
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