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   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 bacterial1 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 ministries2 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 Economist3
  There is, though, one thing these two founders4 are missing, and it is almost the sine qua non of the fabled5 Silicon6 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

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1 bacterial dy5z8q     
a.细菌的
参考例句:
  • 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。
2 ministries 80c65392682fb821af91521513be1259     
(政府的)部( ministry的名词复数 ); 神职; 牧师职位; 神职任期
参考例句:
  • 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。
3 economist AuhzVs     
n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
参考例句:
  • 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。
4 founders 863257b2606659efe292a0bf3114782c     
n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • 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
5 fabled wt7zCV     
adj.寓言中的,虚构的
参考例句:
  • 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》
6 silicon dykwJ     
n.硅(旧名矽)
参考例句:
  • This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
  • A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。