- 1關鍵的、樞紐的、舉足輕重的
If something is pivotal, the whole situation turns on it — it matters more than the other pieces. A pivotal moment is the one that changes what happens next; a pivotal person is the one the plan cannot work without. It is a fairly formal, newspaper-and-essay word; in everyday talk people more often say key or really important. The picture behind it is a pivot: the pin a door or a machine turns on. Though actually, people stretch it. In speeches almost any 'quite important' thing can get called pivotal, even when it is not truly the turning point.
From the word’s history
pivot + -al.
就是 pivot「樞軸」加上 -al。
組成pivot + -al. A pivot is the point something turns on.
同家族的字
- pivotthe noun and verb: a turning point, or to turn on that point
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pivotaladj/ˈpɪvɪtəl/
- 1
Of, relating to, or being a pivot.
- 2
Being of crucial importance; central, key.
- It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
- "Crucially, HS2 is already playing a pivotal role in helping Britain's post-pandemic economic recovery.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。