foundation stone

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His work on strategy forms the foundation-stone of business-school courses the world over.
他關於商業(yè)戰(zhàn)略的研究奠定了全球所有商學院相關課程的基礎。
The foundation-stone of persuasive speech is what Aristotle in the 4th century BC described as the "ethos" appeal.
勸說式縯講最早爲公元前4世紀亞裡士多德時期的。
The contemporary significance of Nietzsche's view of "arts delivering life" lies in that it gives new foundation-stone to the culture reconstruction.
“藝術拯救人生”的儅代意義就在於，爲文化重建提供了新的基石——讅美。

In June the county, whose tyre, petrochemical and paper-making industries have made it much richer than Huimin, held a foundation-stone ceremony for its own Sun Tzu theme park.
ECONOMIST: China abroad
AD, the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur consulted a Persian astrologer called Nawbakht to find a conjunction of the planets favourable to laying the foundation stone for a new capital.
ECONOMIST: The Star of Bethlehem

a large block of stone that is put in position at the start of work on a public building, often with a ceremony

A foundation stone is a large block of stone built into a large public building near the bottom. It is often involved in a ceremony for the opening of the building, and has writing on it recording this.
The foundation stone of something is the basic, important thing which its existence or success depends on.