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单词 pivot
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pivot
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪv.ət/us
/ˈpɪv.ət/
afixedpointsupportingsomething thatturnsorbalances
枢轴；支点
thecentralor mostimportantpersonor thing in asituation:
关键人物；枢纽
Theformerguerrillaleaderhasbecomethe pivot on which the country'semergingpoliticalstabilityturns/revolves(= itdependson him).前游击队领导人成了决定该国政治稳定与否的关键人物。
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  • guard
  • instrumentation
  • jet
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  • regulator
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  • slide
  • split pin
  • universal joint
  • vee belt
  • wheel
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Important and essential things
pivot
verb
uk
/ˈpɪv.ət/us
/ˈpɪv.ət/
-tt-

pivotverb(TURN)

[IorT]
toturnortwist:
转动；扭曲
She pivots herleftfoot.她扭了左脚。
He pivotedonhisheelsandheadedout.他脚跟一转，向外走去。
Futuredealswill pivoton(=dependon)easingcommercialconflicts.未来的协议将取决于疏缓商业冲突。
Synonym
swivel
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Revolving, rotating and spinning
  • around
  • around and aroundidiom
  • backspin
  • birl
  • centrifugal
  • circuit
  • rev
  • revolve
  • revolving
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  • rotate
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  • span
  • spin
  • swing
  • twirl
  • twirling
  • twirly
  • underspin
  • wheel round
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pivotverb(CHANGE OPINIONS)

[I]
tochangeyouropinions,statements,decisions, etc. so that they are different to what they were before:
He has pivoted tobringhimself inlinewith therestof thecandidates.
It washarderfor Bush to pivot to thepositivewhen so much of hiscampaignrevolvedaround taking down Kerry.
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Changing
  • about-face
  • about-turn
  • alterable
  • altered
  • alternate
  • commute
  • disturb
  • drip
  • modulate
  • modulation
  • move on
  • move the goalpostsidiom
  • move with the timesidiom
  • rewrite
  • sanitization
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • shakesomeoneup
  • stead
  • steepness
  • sway
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pivotverb(CHANGE SUBJECT)

[I]
toavoidtalkingabout something bytalkingabout somethingelse:
Severalviewerswereeagertohearwhat he had to say aboutjobs, andfoundtheevasionglaringwhen heimmediatelypivoted to aprepackagedansweroneducation.
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Changing
  • about-face
  • about-turn
  • alterable
  • altered
  • alternate
  • commute
  • disturb
  • drip
  • modulate
  • modulation
  • move on
  • move the goalpostsidiom
  • move with the timesidiom
  • rewrite
  • sanitization
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • shakesomeoneup
  • stead
  • steepness
  • sway
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(Definition ofpivotfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
pivot
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪv.ət/us
afixedpointsupportingsomething thatturnsorbalances
枢轴；支点
thecentralor mostimportantpersonor thing in asituation
关键人物；枢纽
Theformerguerrillaleaderhasbecomethe pivot on which the country'semergingpoliticalstabilityturns/revolves(= itdependson him).前游击队领导人成了决定该国政治稳定与否的关键人物。
pivot
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈpɪv.ət/us
-tt-
toturnortwist
转动；扭曲
She pivots herleftfoot.她扭了左脚。
He pivotedonhisheelsandheadedout.他脚跟一转，向外走去。
Futuredealswill pivoton(=dependon)easingcommercialconflicts.未来的协议将取决于疏缓商业冲突。

pivot| American Dictionary

pivot
noun[C]
us
/ˈpɪv·ət/
afixedpointsupportingsomething whichturnsorbalances, or apersonor thing on which somethingelsedepends:
Boston was the pivot of hisemotionalandintellectuallife.
pivot
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈpɪv·ət/
-tt-
toturnortwist:
[T]She pivots herleftfoot.
[I]He pivoted on hisheelsandheadedout.
[I]Futuredealswill pivot oneasingcommercialconflicts(= they willdependon this).
(Definition ofpivotfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpivot

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Improved haemocompatibility, good washing and absence of pivots or permanent contacts, are all factors which lower the risk of microthrombogenesis and tissue overgrowth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
By commanding velocities with the same magnitude but opposite directions, the robot pivots about its axis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The age-span chosen for pivots defines a main cohort which is ' sandwiched ' within a complex framework of layered family obligations.
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The alternative account pivots mainly on the recollections of a handful of people out of the many who lived through the riots.
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After a while, the child will recognize that certain open class words only occur with certain pivots.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There were solid plates between the pivots and the channel bottom.
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There are two cohorts of grandparents within the sample - pivots aged 49 to 53 and pivots' parents who are grandparents to the pivots' children.
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Chapters 2 through 4 are more in depth discussions of these concepts, including their relation to case marking and syntactic pivots.
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The book then pivots on a short (six page) ' interlude ', followed by four chapters on the independence period proper.
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We regard two trees as distinct if they cannot be superposed by pivoting the lines around the nodes that they enter.
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Our hypothesis pivots on the notion of "identifying with" someone else.
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The single support phase is characterized by one limb (the swing limb) moving in the forward direction while another limb (the stance limb) is pivoted on the ground.
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The typically very low number of iterations required then compensates to a large extent for the iterations being considerably more expensive than pivots in the simplex method.
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Indeed, the construction of an idealised life course trajectory, pivoting around the notion of independent adulthood, has been a critical factor in defining the boundaries of legitimate welfare claims.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We assume that during the whole phase, both feet are pivoting in the vertical plane, the first, round its tip, and the second, round its heel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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