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a springboard for sth
springboard for 后接名词，表示“某事物的跳板”。
The course was a springboard for her career.
这门课程是她事业的跳板。
跳板
springboards — plural of springboard
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
跳板
a flexible board for jumping upward
The course was a springboard for her career.
这门课程是她事业的跳板。
一种弹性悬臂式跳板,用于跳水或体操,可将人弹向空中。
A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
用于向上跳跃的弹性板
a flexible board for jumping upward
作为开始或加速行动或增长的催化剂的事物。
Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth.
事业启动的开端
a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
The diver stepped onto the springboard and bounced high into the air.
跳水运动员踏上跳板，高高弹入空中。
AI contextual example
Gymnasts use a springboard to gain extra height for their vaults.
体操运动员使用跳板来为跳跃动作获得额外高度。
AI contextual example
Before her dive, she carefully positioned the springboard at the edge of the pool.
跳水前，她仔细地把跳板摆放在泳池边。
AI contextual example
he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
他把别人的想法当作自己创意的跳板。
WordNet
springboard for 后接名词，表示“某事物的跳板”。
The course was a springboard for her career.
这门课程是她事业的跳板。
springboard to 强调促成或导向某一结果。
The award served as a springboard to success.
这个奖项成了通往成功的跳板。
use sth as a springboard 中 as 后接名词，表示“把某物用作……的跳板”。
He used his savings as a springboard for the business.
他把积蓄用作创业的跳板。
Not this
This experience can be a springboard of success.
Use this
This experience can be a springboard to success.
表示“通向……的跳板”时，英语习惯用介词 to（或 for）引出目标或方向；of 表示所属关系，语义不准确。
Not this
He used the opportunity as springboard to study abroad.
Use this
He used the opportunity as a springboard to study abroad.
springboard 是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词 a/an；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
通往成功的跳板
Hard work is often the springboard to success.
努力往往是通往成功的跳板。
把某事物用作跳板；把某事物当作起点
She used the internship as a springboard to a full-time job.
她把这份实习当作获得全职工作的跳板。
为……提供跳板；为……创造条件
The new data provided a springboard for further research.
新数据为进一步研究提供了跳板。
进入……的跳板
The internship was her springboard into journalism.
这项实习是她进入新闻业的跳板。
跳板跳水
She won a gold medal in springboard diving at the Olympics.
她在奥运会跳板跳水比赛中赢得金牌。
成功的跳板
Her first job was a springboard to success.
她的第一份工作是通往成功的跳板。
把某事当作起点或跳板
He used the internship as a springboard for his career.
他把那次实习当作自己职业生涯的跳板。
进入……的跳板
The course was a springboard into marketing.
这门课程是她进入市场营销领域的跳板。
Use springboards naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 spring（弹跳）+ board（板）：跳水运动员在跳板上一弹而起，这块板就是“出发点”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：跳水运动、比喻性表达 该词比较常见于两类场合：一是字面指跳水用的跳板；二是比喻“起点/跳板”，多用于谈论职业、事业等发展。两种用法都是中性语境，口语和书面语中都能见到。
同韵词：board、aboard、hoard、bored 都以 /ɔrd/ 结尾，与 springboard 的 -board 发音相同。注意：broad /brɔd/ 拼写与 board 相近，但读音不含 /r/ 尾，不押韵；bird /bɜrd/ 拼写近似，但元音为 /ɜ/，也不押韵。
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