| 单词 | landmark |
| 释义 | landmark (lændmɑːʳk ) Word forms: landmarks 1. countable noun A landmark is a building or feature which is easily noticed and can be used to judge your position or the position of other buildings or features. The Ambassador Hotel is a Los Angeles landmark. Synonyms: feature, spectacle, monument 2. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] You can refer to an important stage in the development of something as a landmark. ...a landmark arms control treaty. The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. [+ in] Collocations: cultural landmark Nevertheless, they make no claim to having replaced or invalidated the 1939 edition which, they say, remains as a cultural landmark. The Times Literary Supplement This hardly counts as sacrilege: even the fondest fan would be hard put to argue that the show was a cultural landmark worthy of a preservation order. Times, Sunday Times People appear to care more about gaining evidence of their presence at a cultural landmark than drinking in its pleasures. Times, Sunday Times You have 111m to spend on a cultural landmark? Times, Sunday Times What have been the key cultural landmark moments of the past 21 years? Times, Sunday Times Yes, there’ll be a pricey gala to commemorate the landmark achievement, but there are also more family-friendly options year-round. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One landmark achievement ticked off, with a bigger one to come in the next couple of months. Times,Sunday Times The 2008 agreement with the clubs was also a landmark achievement. Times, Sunday Times A new jingle must be in order for that landmark achievement? The Sun If the ceasefire holds, it would be a landmark achievement for both sides. Globe and Mail It was a landmark event in social psychology. Times, Sunday Times Although delighted by the landmark event, he remarked that 'it came 2,000 years too late'. Times, Sunday Times As part of that landmark event, a 2 million investment program was announced to re-build, re-equip and modernise the assembly plant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a landmark event of praying, planning and dreaming. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Together, these two 1796 papers were a seminal or landmark event, becoming a turning point in the history of paleontology, and in the development of comparative anatomy, as well. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Try to identify an initiative, landmark legislation or just a few decent quotations. Times, Sunday Times When it comes to voting, will those who care about the countryside remember the historic roles the main parties played in introducing landmark legislation to protect it? Times, Sunday Times It also leads to landmark legislation, not just once but twice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She also authored landmark legislation to protect womens reproductive rights. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some accepted, but others initiated a lawsuit that resulted in landmark legislation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The taxman won a landmark ruling yesterday that accountants giving tax advice cannot claim protection from disclosure under the cloak of legal professional privilege. Times, Sunday Times I hope this landmark ruling will change that. Times, Sunday Times He got to keep it anyway, in a landmark ruling that secures the future of shoeboxes everywhere. Times, Sunday Times The council said that it sought the landmark ruling to stop the spread of such unregistered dentistry. Times, Sunday Times Guidelines under which doctors could help people to take their own lives moved a step closer after a landmark ruling yesterday. Times, Sunday Times He was the lead scientist in a landmark study of how much of the sun's energy humans appropriate for their own use. Times, Sunday Times A group of international scientists has challenged a landmark study which dismissed fears over the cholesterol-busting pills. The Sun As the participants have aged, it has become a landmark study into how lifestyle factors affect health and has been copied worldwide. Times, Sunday Times He continued his interest in reaction mechanisms, isotopes and oxidation with a landmark study of chromic acid oxidations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This risk was noted in a landmark study on the effects of sleep deprivation and error rate in an intensive care unit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Landlords have won a landmark victory over whether companies can be forced to pay rent if their business collapses. Times, Sunday Times But ministers said the ruling was a 'landmark victory' as the judge threw out nine other claims from capaigners. The Sun The accounts cover the financial period before the group won a landmark victory that could save the newspapers as much as £15m a year. Times,Sunday Times The case was hailed as a landmark victory by pilots' leaders who warned that a rising number of pilots was being pushed to the limit. Times, Sunday Times Some of her landmark victories are now staples of law school textbooks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We have also felt an upswell of community spirit and support to try to save this local landmark. Times,Sunday Times Housing, shops and offices are planned for the site where the silos were a local landmark. Times, Sunday Times With diameters of 17m, the three-bladed turbines became a prominent local landmark. Times, Sunday Times A local landmark gets some surprising new owners! The Sun She also points out the enjoyable sense of a former shop being 'special', especially in a village, where it may be a local landmark. Times, Sunday Times The tree was a major landmark due to its height. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dating back at least to the 1350s, the two towers of the chapel were a major landmark for sailors in the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Wagon trains used the bluff as a major landmark for navigation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A major landmark in the revolution was the transition from analog to digital recorded music. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During this time, the post became a major landmark for traders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bringing in former campmates was intended to mark the landmark 20th series. The Sun Sterling was looking to mark his landmark appearance with a goal and was denied on the line ten minutes into the second half. Times, Sunday Times This show marks a landmark moment for the gallery as much as for the art-loving public. Times, Sunday Times The achievement will do far more than merely scare online gamblers, it also marks a landmark in artificial intelligence research. Times, Sunday Times In 2013, the company celebrates its 25th anniversary and to mark this landmark has made especially commissioned work, as well as launched a number of flagship programmes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After a series of fires erased all but 100 houses, churches and schools, the town was virtually abandoned before it was given national landmark status in 1961. Times, Sunday Times Though the palace was declared a national landmark in 1968, it remained in disrepair for many years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This report led to the neighborhood becoming a historic district and the project was noted as a national landmark and example for preservation as a means of community renewal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The town's cement was used in the construction of numerous national landmarks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of these 42,000 are rated as national landmarks, while the rest are of regional or local significance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our seakart tour took us past the natural landmark of the 'crystal reef', an ancient island of coral that sticks out of the water about a mile from shore. The Sun The sphinx will go on display at the museum dedicated to the natural landmark. Times, Sunday Times The following year, the area was designated a national natural landmark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hill has been declared a natural landmark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was classified as a natural landmark because such grassland and shrubland areas are exceedingly rare, with most having been cultivated or turned into pastureland. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The charity founded to aid wounded troops passed the landmark amount as it celebrated its second anniversary today - despite the bitter economic recession. The Sun Of those 15 managers, 11 passed the landmark of 20 top-flight appearances. Times, Sunday Times Recent tests show he has passed the landmark when survivors are considered cured. The Sun During the innings, he also passed the landmark of 1,000 runs in first-class cricket. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This prominent landmark in the city has golden spires and bells. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It acquired its name by being a prominent landmark just south of a phony diamond deposit in the diamond hoax of 1872. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Reaching heights of up to 70 ft, the dome or bottle shape of the kiln, known as the hovel, would be quite a prominent landmark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A tall radio mast makes a prominent landmark in the town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was established in the 1820s and became a prominent landmark as well as the oldest hostelry by succession in the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 地标 Japanese: ランドマーク |
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