n. 基石，支柱，基础；隅石，墙角石
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cornerstones
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1.HEL TD is a cornerstone of the Army's high-energy laser program.
HELTD系统是美国陆军高能激光计划的基础。
2.The college students had cultivated the ability to ask questions, the cornerstone of critical thinking.
大学生已经培养了问问题的能力，这是批判性思维的基石。
3.Research is the cornerstone of the profession.
研究是该职业的基石。
4.Glencore and the cornerstone investors declined to comment.
嘉能可以及基础投资者均拒绝置评。
5.This sort of testing is the cornerstone of software quality.
这种类型的测试是软件质量的基础。
6.A slave owner from Georgia laid the cornerstone of the Confederacy with his speech.
一个来自乔治亚州的奴隶主用他的演讲为邦联打下了基石。
7.You would expect the reading comprehension performance to mirror the vocabulary—it's a cornerstone of comprehension.
你会指望阅读理解的表现能反映词汇量，因为词汇是理解的基础。