cornerstone, Elysium, Champs-Elysées

The sight of London to my exiled eyes,
Is as Elysium to a new-come soul.
— Edward II. I. i.




Marks & Spencer Looks to Paris to Jump-Start Expansion Plans British retailer Marks & Spencer opened a new store on Paris' Champs-Elysées, the cornerstone of a strategy to capture a new generation of customers after a decade-long absence from France.


The cornerstone investors include insurance companies, long-only funds and hedge funds, the people said, but declined to name them. Cornerstone investors commit to holding a significant stake for a certain length of time, demonstrating their confidence in the shares.



新聞例：
Mr. Hirai's appointment comes at a crucial time for Sony. The PS3, which was packed with cutting-edge features like a Blu-ray disc drive, was meant to be the cornerstone of Sony's digital strategy: Combine good content with a technologically superior device that would drive sales of other high-definition Sony products.
(Sony's Hirai Aims to Turn Around PS3 Unit
June 21, 2007 -- 1:10 p.m. EDT )

cornerstone：角石；基石；教會基石：指基督。cornerstone, blessing of the：奠基禮（天主教字典）。它不但使兩壁相連，而且支持整個建築物…..{聖經小辭典}韓承良編著。
http://www.answers.com/topic/cornerstone?cat=entertainment
n. - 基石, 柱石, 隅石, 地基。日文：（建築の）基石, 隅石; 基礎。n. - 隅石, 土台, 基礎, 不可欠のもの

Definition of cornerstone

noun

• 1an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based:a national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy

2a stone that forms the base of a corner of a building, joining two walls.

Elysium[E・ly・si・um]

• 発音記号[ilíʒiəm | ilíz-]
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[名]

1 《ギリシャ神話》エリュシオン(Elysian Fields)：祝福された人々が死後に住む楽土.

2 理想郷；至上の幸福.

E・ly・sian〔ilín | -zin〕

[形]エリュシオンの；至福の.


Champs-Elysées

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es

维基百科，自由的百科全书

第8區

香榭麗舍大道
區份	巴黎第八區
始於	協和廣場
終於	戴高樂廣場
長度	1910 公尺
闊度	70 公尺
創於	1670
命名於	1864年3月2日
從凱旋門觀看香榭麗舍大道

香榭麗舍大道（法語：Avenue des Champs-Élysées或les Champs-Élysées）是巴黎一條著名的大道，位於城市西北部的第八區。它被譽為巴黎最美麗的街道。「香榭麗舍」原意是希臘神話中聖人及英雄靈魂居住的冥界（Elysium）。