研究是该职业的基石。

Research is the cornerstone of the profession.

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大学生已经培养了问问题的能力，这是批判性思维的基石。

The college students had cultivated the ability to ask questions, the cornerstone of critical thinking.

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碎砖可用作道路和天井的基石。

Brick rubble is useful as the base for paths and patios.

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We recognize in ourselves a virtue which is considered to be the cornerstone of many systems of moral understanding.

我们承认我们拥有那种美德，可以作为,许多道德认知体系的基石。

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At the end of the day that's where Alexander H. Stephens went, with his Cornerstone Speech in 1861.

最后,就在那里,亚历山大斯蒂芬斯,于1861年完成了著名的基石演讲

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In this respect it seems to me much less like just a branch of political science than the foundation of the entire discipline.

从这个角度切入，我认为它,并不像只是政治科学的分支,而更像是整个学科的基石。

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