pivot

noun

1. 支点；枢轴；中心点
   the central point, pin or column on which sth turns or balances
2. 最重要的人（或事物）；中心；核心
   the central or most important person or thing
   1. West Africa was the pivot of the cocoa trade.
      西非是可可豆贸易的中心。
   2. The pivot on which the old system turned had disappeared.
      维系旧制度的支柱已经消失了。

verb

1. （使）在枢轴上旋转（或转动）
   to turn or balance on a central point (= a pivot ) ; to make sth do this
   1. Windows that pivot from a central point are easy to clean.
      沿中轴转动的窗子容易擦洗。
   2. She pivoted around and walked out.
      她一转身走了出去。

1. N-COUNT 中枢；枢纽；要点；中心点
   The pivot in a situation is the most important thing which everything else is based on or arranged around.
   1. Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.
      整个展览的重点是一大组水彩画。
2. VERB 在枢轴上转动
   If something pivots, it balances or turns on a central point.
   1. The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance...
      小船原地掉过头来，直指海港入口。
   2. She pivots gracefully on the stage...
      她在舞台上优雅地旋转。
   3. He pivoted his whole body through ninety degrees.
      他整个身体转过90度。
3. N-COUNT 枢轴；支点
   A pivot is the pin or the central point on which something balances or turns.
   1. The pedal had sheared off at the pivot.
      踏板在枢轴处断裂了。

1. Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.
   整个展览的重点是一大组水彩画。
2. The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance
   小船原地掉过头来，直指海港入口。
3. She pivots gracefully on the stage
   她在舞台上优雅地旋转。
4. He pivoted his whole body through ninety degrees.
   他整个身体转过90度。
5. The pedal had sheared off at the pivot.
   踏板在枢轴处断裂了。
6. To adjust the pivot table, you select fields and drop them in the appropriate zones on the page.
   要调整pivot表，您需要选择字段，并将它们拖放到页面上适当的区域。
7. The Excel pivot table was correctly created so a PivotTable toolbar displays over the window.
   Excelpivot表已正确创建，所以窗口上显示一个PivotTable工具栏。
8. You can then create charts, data pivot tables, and so forth with the new spreadsheet.
   然后，可以用新的电子表格创建图表、数据透视表等。
9. You head down the aisle and reach for the pivot bin's latch.
   你低着头挤过走廊来到位置上，伸手去拉行李箱的弹簧锁。
10. The wheels swivel on each end via a pivot arrangement between the axle and the wheel spindle.
    通过装在轮轴和车桥之间的驱动轴，两端的车轮可以转动。
11. Barack Obama has constructed a whole new foreign policy around this theory the "pivot to Asia".
    巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）围绕这一理论构建了一整套全新的外交政策“战略重心转向亚洲”。
12. This construction avoids the need for extending the pivot pins through the valve body.
    这种结构消除了将枢轴销伸长穿出阀体的必要性。
13. The European part of this pivot is already half complete.
    这种互换的欧洲部分已完成了一半。
14. Don't forget to make some pivot tables.
    别忘了做一些枢纽分析表。
15. The piston has a single center pivot that drives each gripper jaw open and closed.
    活塞有一个单一的中心枢纽，驱动每夹钳颚开启和关闭。
16. Standard type snap over hinged lever and roller actuators are available in choice of two pivot positions.
    标准对铰链杠杆和辊式管理器，可在两个枢纽位置的选择。
17. Each slide has only one pivot point.
    每个幻灯片只有一个旋转点。
18. The pivot and race surfaces were true surface of revolution and were correctly centred when no load was applied.
    轴枢和套圈的表面是准确的旋转表面，并在未施加载荷正确对中。
19. A pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge.
    一个钉或门闩以形成铰链的支点。
20. The main pivot is so large that there's no lateral movement at all from the rear.
    主要支点是如此之大，有没有横向运动，在所有从后方。
21. For me a pivot, I may support the terrestrial globe;
    给我一个支点，我可以撑起地球仪；
22. This new pivot location results in a bike with the most active suspension under braking.
    这一新的避震轴定位给自行车带来了制动条件下最积极的避震效果。
23. The pivot on which the old system turned had disappeared.
    维系旧制度的支柱已经消失了。
24. Display data in an interactive pivot table.
    在交互式数据透视表中显示数据。
25. And I'm always on my pivot for my digits.
    我总是在我的手指的支点上。
26. Instead, point your toes in the direction you want to move and pivot in that direction.
    反之，你一点脚趾的方向，你想搬到和支点，在这个方向努力。
27. The appearance of pivot tables in the Viewer and when printed was improved.
    出现的数据透视表中查看和打印时得到改善。
28. Create pivot tables that are linked to data in XML files.
    创建链接到xml文件中的数据的数据透视表。
29. That is the pivot of the whole argument.
    这是整个论据的关键。
30. Tax reform has become the central pivot of their domestic policy.
    税收改革已经成了他们国内政策的中心。

pivot on/around sth

1. 围绕（主旨）；以…为核心
   to depend completely on sth

noun

1. the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot
   1. the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot

2. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

   Synonym:    pin

3. the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

   Synonym:    pivot man

verb

1. turn on a pivot

   Synonym:    swivel