1. 跳板;推动力
If something is a springboard for something else, it makes it possible for that thing to happen or start.

2. (跳水或体操运动用的)跳板
A springboard is a flexible board from which you jump into a swimming pool or onto a piece of gymnastic equipment.

1. a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

e.g. 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

Synonym: jumping-off pointpoint of departure

2. a flexible board for jumping upward