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单词 keystone
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keystone
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkiː.stəʊn/us
/ˈkiː.stoʊn/

keystonenoun[C](STONE)

architecturespecialized
themiddlestonein thetopof anarchthat has aspecialshapeandholdsall the otherstonesinposition
拱顶石；塞缝石
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  • pedestal
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keystonenoun[C](IMPORTANT PART)

the mostimportantpartof aplan,idea, etc. on which everythingelsedepends
（计划、想法等的）基础，主旨，基本原则
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  • heavyweight
  • hot button
  • imperative
  • need
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • precondition
  • the grandaddy ofsomethingidiom
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(Definition ofkeystonefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

keystone| Business English

keystone
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkiːstəʊn/us
the mostimportantpartof aplan,idea, etc. on which everythingelsedepends:
Sellingoverseashas been, and always willremain, one of the keystones ofournationalprosperity.
A keystone ofitscorporatestrategyis toinvestinpeople,technology, andtrainingtocreateabrand.
(Definition ofkeystonefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkeystone

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The keystones are richly carved and the arch soffit is deeply coffered and enriched.
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Flagships, umbrellas, and keystones: is single-species management pass' in the e landscape era?
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The assumption that "consent" is the source of a government's legitimacy represents a conceptualkeystonein liberal theory.
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Thus, this sector has been identified as akeystonefor agricultural development in these developing nations.
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However, those treatments containing high proportions of alfalfa also attracted higher numbers of herbivorouskeystonespecies.
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In this paper the concept ofkeystoneplant resources is reviewed using potential candidates proposed in the literature for neotropical forest sites.
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Such research should concentrate on the regeneration after fire and the modes of establishment ofkeystonespecies.
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The importance of this species as a potentialkeystoneresource for the frugivore community is discussed.
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The doctrine taught in them is that the irresistible development of democracy is thekeystoneof the modern situation.
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The resection of the outlet septum is thekeystoneof the technique.
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Thekeystoneconcept also may be applied to many trematodes in their roles as indicator species.
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In this sense then, molluscs can be considered askeystonespecies for digenetic trematodes.
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Thekeystoneof his work not only in economics but also in political and legal theory is the idea of" spontaneous order".
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Thekeystonespecies concept: variation in interaction strength in a rocky intertidal habitat.
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