"a cardinal rule"
"the central cause of the problem"
"an example that was fundamental to the argument"
"computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order;
"cardinal numbers"
cardinal的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词 (n.)
I've had dinner with Bill and Cardinal Spellman. 我同比尔和斯佩尔曼红衣主教一起吃过晚饭。
The cardinal includes 1, 2, 3, etc. 基数词包括1、2、3等等。
A cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch. 一只北美红雀在山茱萸上停留了片刻。