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be the linchpin of [sth]
She is the linchpin of the team.
她是团队的关键人物。
核心；关键人物；中坚
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核心；关键人物；中坚
a person or thing that is essential to a system, plan, or organization
She is the linchpin of the team.
她是团队的关键人物。
插入轴端孔中用于固定车轮或轴上装置的销子。
A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.
关键人物或事物,起核心凝聚和支持作用
a central cohesive source of support and stability
稳定与安全的核心来源；对系统或组织至关重要的人或事物。
A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.
轮销,插入车轴以固定车轮的销子
pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
She is the linchpin of our marketing team, coordinating all major campaigns.
她是营销团队的关键人物，协调所有重大活动。
AI contextual example
Trust is the linchpin of a healthy relationship, without which everything falls apart.
信任是健康关系的核心，没有它一切都会崩溃。
AI contextual example
These two bolts act as the linchpins of the entire structure, holding everything together.
这两颗螺栓是整个结构的制轮楔，将一切固定在一起。
AI contextual example
he is the linchpin of this firm
他是这家公司的关键人物。
WordNet
She is the linchpin of the team.
她是团队的关键人物。
linchpin常指关键人物或核心要素，后常接of, in, for。
Technology acts as a linchpin in modern business.
技术在现代企业中起到关键作用。
The new policy became a linchpin for economic growth.
新政策成为经济增长的支柱。
Not this
He linchpins the team.
Use this
He is the linchpin of the team.
“linchpin”是名词，不能用作动词；应使用系动词和冠词构成名词短语。
Not this
He is linchpin of the project.
Use this
He is the linchpin of the project.
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