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。
• 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。
• The king is the linchpin of national unity.
  国王是国家统一的核心人物。
• Corinne's research was the linchpin of this project.
  科琳的调查结果是这个项目的关键。
• He views the country as a strategic linchpin whose loss would cost New Delhi dearly.
  他把尼泊尔视为一个战略关键地区，失去它将让印度付出巨大代价。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。