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

• As described in [ 9], service registries and repositories are the linchpin of SOA implementations.
  如同在【9】中的描述，服务注册中心和仓库是实现SOA的关键。
• World Bank Country Director for Mozambique Michael Baxter described IDA as a "linchpin" in development assistance to Mozambique.
  世界银行的莫桑比克国家业务局局长MichaelBaxter把IDA描述为莫桑比克发展援助中的一个关键组成部分。
• 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。
• Woodford is the linchpin of the British athletics team.
  伍德福是英国田径队中的关键人物。
• 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。
• 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。
• The dollar is the linchpin of the system of international payments.
  美元是国际支付体系中的核心。
• The king is the linchpin of national unity.
  国王是国家统一的核心人物。
• 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。
• 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。