如何有逼格的表达＂important＂?

 　　sine qua non

　　解释

　　这个词字面上解释“Without which, not.”。也就是说“Without(A),(X)won’t be possible.”没有A的话X是不可能的，自然就可以理解成A是X的前提或者A对于X至关重要。

　　不同来源的例句

　　A solid customer base is the sine qua non to success.

　　坚实的客户基础对于成功很重要。

　　A good agent is a sine qua non for an actor’s career.

　　一个好的经纪人对于演员的职业生涯至关重要。

　　His support was really the sine qua non for her candidacy.

　　他的支持对于她的候选人资格真的十分重要。

　　From: Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder

　　That is depressing for those who seek Martians, even bacterial¹ ones, for most biologists agree that liquid water is a sine qua non of life.

　　对于那些寻找来自火星的哪怕是细菌生物的人来说，那是令人沮丧的。因为大部分生物学家都会同意水是生命之源。

　　Permits became sine qua non, but in poorer countries the environment ministries² that were expected to issue them did not always exist.

　　许可证变得尤为关键，但是在贫穷的国家，本应该颁发这些证件的环保部门并不存在。

　　From: The Economist³

　　There is, though, one thing these two founders⁴ are missing, and it is almost the sine qua non of the fabled⁵ Silicon⁶ Valley startup.

　　两个创始人忽视了一个东西，而它对于传说中的硅谷的创业公司非常重要。

　　From: Newsweek

　　The control of inflation is a sine qua non for economic stability.

　　控制通货膨胀是经济稳定的前提。

　　From: Longman Dictionary

1 bacterial   

a.细菌的

参考例句：

• Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间，细菌繁殖加快了。
• Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。

2 ministries   

（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期

参考例句：

• Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

3 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

4 founders   

n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
• The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句

5 fabled   

adj.寓言中的，虚构的

参考例句：

• For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack. 第一周他实际上从没见到传说中的杰克。
• Aphrodite, the Greek goddness of love, is fabled to have been born of the foam of the sea. 希腊爱神阿美罗狄蒂据说是诞生于海浪泡沫之中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。