linchpin

英 [ˈlɪntʃpɪn]

美 [ˈlɪntʃpɪn]

n.  (组织、计划等的)关键人物，关键事物

复数：linchpins　

BNC.33519 / COCA.20044

牛津词典

noun

• （组织、计划等的）关键人物，关键事物
  a person or thing that is the most important part of an organization, a plan, etc., because everything else depends on them or it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 关键；关键性人物（或事物）
  If you refer to a person or thing as thelinchpinof something, you mean that they are the most important person or thing involved in it.
  1. He's the lynchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.
     他是我们队伍的核心，对实现我的长远规划举足轻重。

英英释义

noun

• pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
  Synonym:lynchpin
• a central cohesive source of support and stability
  1. faith is his anchor
  2. the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
  3. he is the linchpin of this firm
  Synonym:anchormainstaykeystonebackbonelynchpin

双语例句

• That is because gold was once the linchpin of the global monetary system and is still seen by many as a hedge against inflation.
  这是因为黄金曾是全球货币体系中的基石，而且至今仍被很多人看作是抵御通胀的保值工具。
• Gold was, until quite recently, the linchpin of major currencies.
  直到最近黄金还是主要货币的支柱。
• Saudi Arabia, Opec's linchpin member and the world's largest oil exporter, has been cutting its output since the end of last year.
  自去年底以来，欧佩克关键成员国和全球最大石油出口国沙特一直在削减石油产量。
• But more than half of rural homes lack a washing machine, and about three-quarters have no fridge making those items seemingly the linchpin to the new program.
  但一半以上的农村家庭没有洗衣机，约四分之三的农村家庭没有电冰箱，因此提高农村家庭中这两类电器的拥有率似乎是此次家电下乡计划的关键所在。
• Taking this further, any agile methodology specifies that creating a tight, collaborative team is a primary linchpin to implementing this value.
  任意一种敏捷方法都把创建一支紧密协作的团队视为贯彻该价值观的关键所在。
• The Tories will have to deliver a referendum by 2017 over whether Britain will stay part of the EU or not, since it was a linchpin pledge during the campaign.
  这意味着英国将在2017年前就是否脱欧盟举行全民公投，因为这是保守党在竞选时最为关键的一大承诺。
• To nail down the aim of a class is the premise of merging setting-up and producing, to design elastic teaching procedure is the assurance, and to control a class smartly is the linchpin.
  设计弹性教学方案是预设和生成“相融共荣”的保证。灵活驾驭课堂是预设和生成“相融共荣”的关键。
• But you took painstaking effort to make this wooden magpie. Though pretty and able to fly, it cannot compare with the linchpin in terms of practical value.
  而这只你费了心血做成的木头喜鹊，虽然会飞也很漂亮，但是却不如车辖那样有实用价值。
• In actual china, there is lack of rule of law and her sublime spirit, which acts as the linchpin to maintain the stability and harmony of modern society.
  作为维系现代社会稳定和谐的关键，中国当下最缺失的还是法治以及由她展示出来的崇高精神。
• You take out this linchpin and you tell me what sense you make of Vietnam and all the Amerecan commitments and all the dangerous escalation going on is worth.
  你除去这个关键那你告诉我你对越南和所有美国的承诺作何感想，所有危险的升级将是值得的。