The pivot in a situation is the most important thing which everything else is based on or arranged around.
例句
Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.整個展覽的重點是一大組水彩畫。
VERB
在樞軸上轉(zhuǎn)動
If something pivots, it balances or turns on a central point.
例句
The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance...小船原地掉過頭來,直指海港入口。She pivots gracefully on the stage...她在舞臺上優(yōu)雅地旋轉(zhuǎn)。
N-COUNT
樞軸;支點
A pivot is the pin or the central point on which something balances or turns.
例句
The pedal had sheared off at the pivot.踏板在樞軸處斷裂了。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
樞,樞軸,支點
turning on a pivot在樞軸上轉(zhuǎn)動The smaller of its hands occasionally slipped round on the pivot,and thus,though the minutes were told with precision,nobody could be quite certain of the hour they belonged to.表上的時針在軸上滑動,這樣,雖然分鐘仍很準確,但是點鐘就沒有人能完全肯定了。
vt.
以…為核心;圍繞(主旨)展開
The success of the project pivots on investment from abroad.這個工程的成功主要依靠外來投資。The novel pivots around a long conversation between two characters.這部小說是以兩個人物的對話為中心展開的。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
2. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
3. the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot;
"the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"