如何有逼格的表达＂important＂?
英语课
sine qua non
解释
这个词字面上解释“Without which, not.”。也就是说“Without(A),(X)won’t be possible.”没有A的话X是不可能的，自然就可以理解成A是X的前提或者A对于X至关重要。
不同来源的例句
A solid customer base is the sine qua non to success.
坚实的客户基础对于成功很重要。
A good agent is a sine qua non for an actor’s career.
一个好的经纪人对于演员的职业生涯至关重要。
His support was really the sine qua non for her candidacy.
他的支持对于她的候选人资格真的十分重要。
From: Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder
That is depressing for those who seek Martians, even bacterial 1 ones, for most biologists agree that liquid water is a sine qua non of life.
对于那些寻找来自火星的哪怕是细菌生物的人来说，那是令人沮丧的。因为大部分生物学家都会同意水是生命之源。
Permits became sine qua non, but in poorer countries the environment ministries 2 that were expected to issue them did not always exist.
许可证变得尤为关键，但是在贫穷的国家，本应该颁发这些证件的环保部门并不存在。
From: The Economist 3
There is, though, one thing these two founders 4 are missing, and it is almost the sine qua non of the fabled 5 Silicon 6 Valley startup.
两个创始人忽视了一个东西，而它对于传说中的硅谷的创业公司非常重要。
From: Newsweek
The control of inflation is a sine qua non for economic stability.
控制通货膨胀是经济稳定的前提。
From: Longman Dictionary
a.细菌的
- Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间，细菌繁殖加快了。
- Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。
（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期
- Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
- The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人
- He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
- He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。
n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )
- He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
- The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句
adj.寓言中的，虚构的
- For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack. 第一周他实际上从没见到传说中的杰克。
- Aphrodite, the Greek goddness of love, is fabled to have been born of the foam of the sea. 希腊爱神阿美罗狄蒂据说是诞生于海浪泡沫之中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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