This seapower approach to the world became the sine qua non of early American foreign policy.
这种对世界的海权方针成为早期美国外交政策的必要条件。
经济学人(汇总)
It found favour, and in particular it accelerated the completion of a genome-sequencing project for the animals-a sine qua non for any self-respecting model organism.
这一想法得到了青睐,尤其是会加速动物基因组测序项目的完成,这是任何靠谱的模式生物的必要条件。
concice guide
Identifying the focal conflict is the sine qua non of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy.
识别焦点冲突是简短心理动力学心理治疗的必要条件。
英语百科
Sine qua non
Sine qua non (/ˌsaɪnikweɪˈnɒn/; Latin:[ˈsine kwaː ˈnoːn]) or condicio sine qua non (plural: condiciones sine quibus non) is an indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient. It was originally a Latin legal term for "[a condition] without which it could not be", or "but for..." or "without which [there is] nothing".