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。
• 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。
• In actual china, there is lack of rule of law and her sublime spirit, which acts as the linchpin to maintain the stability and harmony of modern society.
  作为维系现代社会稳定和谐的关键，中国当下最缺失的还是法治以及由她展示出来的崇高精神。
• The dollar is the linchpin of the system of international payments.
  美元是国际支付体系中的核心。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nurses are the linchpin of our healthcare system.
  护士是我们医疗保健系统的关键人物。
• Taking this further, any agile methodology specifies that creating a tight, collaborative team is a primary linchpin to implementing this value.
  任意一种敏捷方法都把创建一支紧密协作的团队视为贯彻该价值观的关键所在。
• 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。