springboard
UK/'spriŋbɒ:d/US
TOEFLC2
Definitions
n.
A flexible board used to gain height when diving or jumping
跳板（跳水或跳跃时借力增高的有弹性的板）
n.
Something that provides a starting point or impetus for action or growth
出发点；起跳点（为行动或发展提供起点或动力的事物）
Root Breakdown
Native Englishspringleap, jump, rise suddenly; season after winter
=springboard
spring (springy, bouncy) + board = a flexible board that throws you upward. The figurative sense is far more common: anything you push off from to launch forward — a springboard for success.
Root board still carries 7 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.springboard for success成功的跳板
- 2.use as a springboard以……为跳板
- 3.springboard to fame通往名声的跳板
- 4.diving springboard跳水板
Example Sentences
- 1.
She bounced once on the springboard and dived in.
- 2.
The role became a springboard for his film career.
- 3.
They used the small grant as a springboard to bigger funding.