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

• 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。
• A linchpin of the country's economy.
  这是本岛经济的一大支柱。
• 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。
• For the Activity Streams standard to be a viable linchpin of the decentralized social web, it must also adhere to these principles.
  ActivityStreams标准要成为分散社交网络的关键要素，也必须坚持这些原则。
• The Linchpin of Manufacture Information Engineering-Human Information Engineering
  制造业信息化的关键&人的信息化
• EXAMPLE: The brilliant young manager is the little company's linchpin; without her, the business would fail.
  这位年轻经理是这家小公司的关键人物，没有她，公司肯定倒闭。
• For a moment, no one moved. Then, as if the woman's threat had pulled some invisible linchpin keeping all the diners locked to their seats, they sprung up and scrambled for the Jim Dandy's exits.
  那一瞬间，没有人动作，然后，似乎这个女人的威胁解除了某种把众食客按在座位上的看不见的锁链一般，大家纷纷跳起来，开始拼命朝着饭店的出口抱头鼠窜。
• 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。
• Woodford is the linchpin of the British athletics team.
  伍德福是英国田径队中的关键人物。
• 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。