Springboard

['sprɪŋbɔːd] or ['sprɪŋbɔrd]

解释:

(noun.) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; 'he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own'; 'reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions'; 'the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out'.

(noun.) a flexible board for jumping upward.

校对:诺琳--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.

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