landmark的意思|landmark的解释-里氏词典

landmark ['lændmɑ:k]

n. 陆标, 划时代的事, 地界标

[医] 界标

landmark

[ noun ]

the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape

<noun.location>

the church steeple provided a convenient landmark

an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend

<noun.event>

the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations

a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land

<noun.communication>

an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken

<noun.body>

Landmark \Land"mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See {Land}, and {Mark}
a sign.]
1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or
fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a
heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or
other portion of territory may be known and preserved.

2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide;
some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.

3. A structure that has special significance, such as a
building with historical associations; especially, a
building that is protected from destruction or alteration
by special laws intended to preserve structures of
historical significance; as, a landmark preservation law.
[PJC]

4. An event or accomplishment of great significance; as,
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark of the civil
rights movement. Also used attributively, as a landmark
court decision.
[PJC]

{Landmarks of history}, important events by which eras or
conditions are determined.

"It's a landmark decision because discrimination against Hispanics in this society is pervasive," said Antonio Silva, co-counsel for the agents in the class action suit.
Anthrax expert Dr. Philip Brachman of Emory Univeristy called the Soviets' presentation in Washington a "landmark report" in an interview Tuesday with the Washington Post.
The nation's biggest retailer announced last October it would sell the Chicago landmark as part of a corporate restructuring.
Perhaps the saddest monument is the crumbling landmark of Battersea Power Station - which was also the scene of a stage-managed appearance by Mrs Thatcher.
Thousands of sign-waving, chanting demonstrators ringed Florida's Capitol today as the Legislature convened the nation's first special session on abortion since a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in July.
Japanese buyers had shied away from bidding on the tower after Japan's Ministry of Finance discouraged firms from purchasing the Chicago landmark.
Mr. Hodel made the designation despite the unanimous conclusion of the National Park Service Advisory Board that the site didn't merit an exception to its rule of waiting at least 50 years after a historic incident to designate a landmark.
And the court appeared to invite further challenges to is landmark 1973 abortion decision.
The second thing she checked was another landmark, the carousel, built for $18,000 in 1911 by woodcarver Charles I.D. Looff.
Marc Christian, who won $5.5 million from the Hudson estate a year ago in a landmark AIDS lawsuit, said in a Superior Court lawsuit filed by celebrity lawyer Marvin Mitchelson that he was shamed by the book's depiction of him.
The Senate has approved a landmark free-trade agreement with Canada, clearing the way for America's part in phasing out tariffs on $131 billion in merchandise that crosses the border each year.
With this constitutionality controversy out of the way, we can now expect Congress to approve this landmark agreement that I believe represents one of President Reagan's major economic accomplishments.
Part of the decor was a restored windmill that was a Montmartre landmark when it was still farmland on a hill above the city.
The American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday it plans to deliver more than 200,000 letters to the Justice Department today asking the department to drop its attempt to have the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion overturned.
Parliament, with a big agenda and a newfound propensity for debate, decided on Thursday to postpone debate until next month on landmark new laws recognizing formation of political groups independent of the Communist Party.
The location was good, kitty-corner from BankAmerica Corp.'s landmark headquarters. Furthermore, the federal bank says it needed to consolidate operations and the city had just imposed tough limits on future building.
With Yellowstone National Park's wildfires still burning, the famous tourist attraction's gateway cities already are planning ways to lure visitors to the charred landmark next summer.
Now, the only player in the top 12 in the world rankings who is under the age of 30 is Davis Love, and even he reaches that landmark age next week.
A landmark arms treaty cutting non-nuclear forces in Europe is far from the final step in disarmament, but it offers one overarching reward: the end to fear of a massive surprise ground attack.
Interior Secretary Donald P. Hodel today designated as a national historic landmark the Maryland farm where the "pumpkin papers" that led to the conviction of Alger Hiss were hidden.
These are seen as essential, if limited, first steps in fulfilment of the ambition to join Mercosur. A landmark trade accord with Chile, signed in April 1993, has so far proved disappointing.
The company offices are in a landmark, 54-story skyscraper known as the Exxon Building.
The 11th Circuit ruled that Clemon, Alabama's first black federal judge, should have stepped down because he took part in landmark civil rights cases when he was a private attorney.
But it has become a local landmark," he said.
A little red lighthouse brought to life in a 1942 children's story was proposed for landmark status Tuesday by a 9-year-old who clambered up to the microphone at a hearing to retell the tale of the proud beacon.
NATO CHIEFS REACHED a landmark decision slashing their nuclear arsenal.
The Supreme Court's landmark MCA-Sony case in 1984 said home video taping of over-the-air broadcast material for time-shifting purposes was allowed.
Paul Stedman Cullen, 46, was convicted in state district court Wednesday of poisoning the beloved landmark in what authorities said was an occult ritual.
Concern among activists over the key positions is sharper than usual because the Surpreme Court recently agreed to hear a case that could narrow the legalization of abortion it decreed in the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision.
The European Economic Community has criticized the landmark U.S. trade bill and warned the measure may prompt "strong reactions" from America's trading partners.

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