1HELPsomething that helps you to start doing something 〔有助于开始做某事的〕起点,起步方法
springboard for
The TV soap has been a springboard for a lot of careers.
电视肥皂剧是许多人事业的起点。
2.DSSa strongboard for jumping on or off, used when diving (dive1(1)) or doing gymnastics 〔跳水运动的〕跳板;〔体操运动的〕踏跳板
Examples from the Corpus
springboard• The cast in-situ concrete diving platforms have 3mspringboards together with 3,5, 7 and 10m fixed platforms.• Maybe this will be a springboard for us to compete for the rest of the season.• His new job was a springboard for Mr Major's own Cabinetcareer.• The full-colourillustrations will motivate children's interest and provide an excellentspringboard for both oral and written work.• She should be a favorite in the three-meter springboard and the platform, but things are never that simple for Clark.• This story can be the springboard to a whole set of tales about the lion and the mouse.• Close friends Melisa Moses and Jenny Keim earned the two springboardspots.