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

• But the linchpin of this diplomatic push is not an Israeli official, a Middle Eastern king, or an American ambassador. It is an oil company in Texas.
  然而，这一外交努力背后的关键力量，并非哪位以色列官员、中东国王，或是美国大使，而是德克萨斯州的一家油企。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This question of responsibility for leadership in the Chinese revolution is the linchpin upon which the success or failure of the revolution depends.
  这个中国革命领导责任的问题，乃是革命成败的关键。
• 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。
• The king is the linchpin of national unity.
  国王是国家统一的核心人物。