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单词 fulcrum
释义
fulcrum
noun
uk
/ˈfʊl.krəm/us
/ˈfʊl.krəm/
pluralfulcrumsorfulcrauk/ˈfʊl.krə/us/ˈfʊl.krə/
[C]physicsspecialized
thepointat which abar, or something that isbalancing, issupportedorbalances:
（杠杆的）支点，支轴
Aseesawbalancesatitsfulcrum.跷跷板在支点处保持平衡。
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[S]formal
themainthing orpersonneededtosupportsomething or to make itworkorhappen:
支柱；关键点
The fulcrumofthedebate/argumentis the individual'srighttochoose.辩论／争论的中心点在于个人进行选择的权利。
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(Definition offulcrumfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

fulcrum| American Dictionary

fulcrum
noun[C]
us
/ˈfʊl·krəm,ˈfʌl-/
physics
thepointofsupportfor alever(=barused tomoveorraisesomething)
(Definition offulcrumfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffulcrum

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They too consider the meanings of normative terms as furnishing fulcra of normative disagreements.
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The two different surfaces of the wedge actuate the fulcrums at different rates, which cause the tips to move at the same rate through the different lever arms.
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The lateral sclerites usually comprise two plates on either side, closely hinged together so as to form afulcrumbetween the head and prothorax.
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Rather than fading, the segregationists' crime-race argument was reframed, with a slightly different veneer, and became thefulcrumof the conservative's proposed agenda on crime.
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Their practices and policies were thefulcrumaround which questions of women's work were discussed and elaborated.
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Culinarily speaking, it forms afulcrumfor religious and cultural law.
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Adaxial two-thirds of anterior border straight, flexed backwards and downwards abaxially, thickened atfulcrum.
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Thefulcrumshovel was indigenous to the coast and was not an introduction from the interior.
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They operate through the flexure hinges, using the wedge as a fixedfulcrum.
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Mbulungish speech communities use afulcrumshovel almost identical in appearance to ma-kumbal.
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Spring 1940 was in many ways thefulcrumof the twentieth century.
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Information then serves as an evocative and crucialfulcrumfor this postmodernist view of our culture.
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The principle of two weights balancing a third equal one at half the distance from thefulcrumis the key of the theorem.
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The value of the tectonic resides in its potential as a conceptualfulcrum, with which to resist this seductive but corrosive aestheticism.
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As with the negotiation of different tones that make up the balance between entertainment and political analysis, the criticalfulcrumis the transition from satirical negation into political assertion.
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