springboard

Thân thiện

The diver bounces on the springboard before a dive.

Definition

Noun: 1. A flexible, springy board used to gain height or momentum in diving or gymnastics: A physical board, typically fixed at one end, that a person jumps on to propel themselves upward. 2. A starting point or foundation that helps launch an activity, idea, or enterprise: Something that provides an initial impetus or favorable conditions for further development or success.

Examples

Noun - Physical Object: * The diver bounced powerfully on the springboard before executing a perfect somersault. * Gymnasts train for years to master their routines on the vault and the springboard.

Noun - Figurative Starting Point: * Her first successful short story served as a springboard for her career as a novelist. * The team used the client's feedback as a springboard to develop a much better product. * This introductory course is designed to be a springboard to more advanced studies.

Advanced Usage

• "to use something as a springboard for/to something": This is the most common figurative construction.
  • The scandal was used by the reformers as a springboard for major political change.
  • He used his experience in marketing as a springboard to a career in management.

Variants and Related Words

• Springboard diving (n): The sport of diving using a springboard.
• Springboard platform (n): The structure supporting a diving springboard.

Synonyms

• (For definition 2): Launchpad, jumping-off point, starting point, catalyst, impetus, foundation.
• (For definition 1): Diving board.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "A springboard to success/fame": Something that enables a rapid or successful start.
  • The viral video became a springboard to fame for the unknown musician.
• "Provide a springboard": To act as or supply the initial catalyst.
  • The new government grant will provide a springboard for innovative tech startups.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
   • he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
   • reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions
   • the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out
2. a flexible board for jumping upward

Từ đồng nghĩa

• jumping-off point
• point of departure