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。
• 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。
• Woodford is the linchpin of the British athletics team.
  伍德福是英国田径队中的关键人物。
• A linchpin of the country's economy.
  这是本岛经济的一大支柱。
• California was the linchpin state in the last presidential election.
  加利福尼亚州是上届总统选举中最重要的一个州。
• This is the way Phil Ball, author of the excellent book on Spanish football Morbo describes how Johan Cruyff discovered him and turned him into the linchpin of the Dream Team.
  这就是上帝之踝的作用。&著名的西班牙足球专栏Morbo的作者，对约翰•克鲁伊夫能发掘出瓜迪奥拉并将他招入巴萨梦之队，作出如上评价。
• 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。
• Many analysts consider Aleppo a linchpin for the Syrian regime, which sent thousands of reinforcements to hold the city center and beat back the rebels.
  很多分析都将阿勒颇视为叙利亚政府存亡之关键，为此政府派出了成千上万的援军来坚守市中心和反击反政府武装。
• Corinne's research was the linchpin of this project.
  科琳的调查结果是这个项目的关键。
• Then, how the ground "choiceness" be united in wedlock, became the part of the linchpin that builds this kind of atmosphere and intention.
  于是，怎样地“精巧”结合，成了营造这种氛围的要害与专心之处。