springboard

springboard

springboard

• springboard: If something is a springboard for something else, it makes it possible for that thing to happen or start. (使某事得以开始的) 跳板; 助推因素
• A is springboard for/to B （springboard是可数名词！注意谓语！）
  eg: The news served as a springboard for a class discussion.

Translation

• Many people regarded study aboard as a springboard for immigration.

Sentence-making

• 很多父母告诉他们的孩子好好学习是未来成功的跳板。
  Plenty of parents told their children that study hard right now could be the springboard for their big success in the future.