foundation stone

英 [faʊnˈdeɪʃn stəʊn]

美 [faʊnˈdeɪʃn stoʊn]

n.  基石，奠基石(重要公共建筑奠基典礼时放置)

牛津词典

noun

• 基石，奠基石（重要公共建筑奠基典礼时放置）
  a large block of stone that is put at the base of an important new public building in a special ceremony
  1. to lay the foundation stone of the new museum
     为新建博物馆奠基

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (常指建筑物奠基典礼时放置的)基石,奠基石
  Afoundation stoneis a large block of stone built into a large public building near the bottom. It is often involved in a ceremony for the opening of the building, and has writing on it recording this.
  1. The Princess of Wales laid the foundation stone for the extension to the Cathedral.
     威尔士王妃为大教堂的扩建奠基。

in AM, use 美国英语用cornerstone


• N-COUNT (存在或成功的)根基，根本
  Thefoundation stoneofsomething is the basic, important thing which its existence or success depends on.
  1. ...these foundation stones of the future: education, training, research, development.
     决定未来的一些根基：教育、培训、研究和发展

英英释义

noun

• a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building

双语例句

• To the poetical theorists of Xinyue school, the discussion on poetry essence is the most important strategy and the main foundation stone to construct their system of poetry theory.
  诗歌本质论是新月派诗论家们构建其理论体系的首要战略与重要奠石。
• She emphasizes the importance of the ideal marriage, and regard men and women's emotion as the foundation stone which concludes the ideal marriage.
  她强调理想婚姻，和方面男子和妇女的情绪作为其结论的理想婚姻的基石的重要性。
• Its marble foundation stone was signed by Zinedine Zidane, one of the world's greatest footballers, and its owners think the factory will inspire a nobler breed of capitalism.
  当今最伟大的足球运动员之一&齐内丁。齐达内（ZinedineZidane）在工厂的奠基石上签了名；工厂所有者则认为它将催生一种更为高尚的资本主义形式。
• Solid foundation stone of cie-yi's aesthetics: the problems about truth and Marxism Philosophy
  真理与马克思主义哲学体系问题&蔡仪美学思想的坚实基石
• The serious new standards on construction are delayed even further, until 2018, To continue the Great Fire analogy, we are like Londoners waiting until 1676 before laying the foundation stone.
  建筑方面的严格新标准甚至被延迟得更久，直到2018年才能实行。继续用伦敦大火进行类比，我们就像等到1676年才开始铺设基石的伦敦人。
• It's almost a consensus to all the economic law scholars that the social whole interest is the foundation stone of economic law.
  社会整体利益作为经济法的基石范畴，几乎已经成为了所有经济法学者的共识。
• Extremely low short-term interest rates in the US are sharply eroding the functioning of the government repurchase or repo market, a foundation stone for the financial system and trading Treasury debt.
  美国极低的短期利率水平正大幅侵蚀着政府回购机能，即回购市场，这一市场是金融体系和美国国债交易的基石。
• A grand foundation stone laying ceremony for Asian Packaging Center Edifice was held yesterday.
  亚包大厦奠基仪式昨在钱江新城隆重举行。
• This far-reaching assumption about the invariance of physical laws is a foundation stone of the theory of relativity.
  关于物理定律不变性的这一影响深远的假设，是相对论的一个基石。
• A foundation stone was laid on day two for a new cinema palace planned for 2011.
  第二日，计划于2011年落成的新电影宫举行了奠基仪式。