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"