pivots

n.

枢( pivot的名词复数 )；最重要的人（或事物）；中心；核心

v.

（似）在枢轴上转动( pivot的第三人称单数 )；把…放在枢轴上；以…为核心，围绕（主旨）展开；

pivot point枢轴点，旋转点；支点，枢心；轴心点

pivot pin中心承枢；中心销钉；枢轴销

pivot table数据透视表

1. A grasping device consisting of two arms joined at one end by a pivot or hingelike scissors.
   钳，火钳一种用来抓取的工具，由通过枢轴或枢状剪结合于一端的两臂组成
2. Their daughter was the pivot of their lives.
   女儿是他们生活的中心。
3. West Africa was the pivot of the cocoa trade.
   西非是可可豆贸易的中心。
4. Because her job had been the pivot of her life, retirement was very difficult.
   因为她的工作一向是她生命的支柱，所以退休后日子很不好过。
5. Place a pivot pin into the pivot point.
   把大头针扎在旋转点上。

1. The technicians mounted the arms onto the pivot shafts.
   技工将雨刷臂安装在枢轴上。
2. That is the pivot of the whole argument.
   这是整个论据的关键。

1. The whole discussion pivots on this one point.
   整个讨论内容均以此为中心。

1. The technicians mounted the arms onto the pivot shafts.
   技工将雨刷臂安装在枢轴上。

A Method for the Design of Compliant Mechanisms With Small-Length Flexural Pivots
Collapsible canopy framework having captured scissor ends with non-compressive pivots
The ?iwoo verb phrase: Syntactic ergativity without pivots1
A pivoting algorithm for convex hulls and vertex enumeration of arrangements and polyhedra
Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization
On calibrating measurements of packet transit times
Pivot selection techniques for proximity searching in metric spaces
Experimental study of ILU preconditioners for indefinite matrices ☆
Knee joint prosthesis
On the Convergence of Derivative-Free Methods for Unconstrained Optimization