yardstick

英 [ˈjɑːdstɪk]

美 [ˈjɑːrdstɪk]

n.  码尺; (好坏或成败的)衡量标准; 准绳

复数：yardsticks　

TOEFLTEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14283 / COCA.16939

牛津词典

noun

• 码尺
  a ruler for measuring one yard
• （好坏或成败的）衡量标准；准绳
  a standard used for judging how good or successful sth is
  1. a yardstick by which to measure sth
     衡量某事物的标准
  2. Exam results are not the only yardstick of a school's performance.
     考试结果不是衡量学校水平的唯一标准。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 衡量标准；评判尺度；准绳
  If you use someone or something as ayardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things.
  1. There has been no yardstick by which potential students can assess individual schools before signing up for a course.
     有意就读的学生在报名参加一门课程前没有任何参照标准去衡量各个学校的水平。
  2. She had never had a real boyfriend before and so had no yardstick by which to compare Charles's behaviour...
     她以前从没有过真正的男朋友，所以没有可参照的标准来对比查尔斯的行为。

英英释义

noun

• a ruler or tape that is three feet long
  Synonym:yard measure
• a measure or standard used for comparison
  1. on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?

双语例句

• Durability is one yardstick of quality.
  耐久性是质量好坏的一个尺度。
• The personalization process has championed a crucial yardstick& the criterion of personal achievement.
  恤个性化的过程凸现了一条至关重要的准绳&个人成就的标准。
• Morality, as a yardstick, is usually used to evaluate others.
  道德一直被人们视为评价他人的一个尺度。
• The new performance table in the annual report comes across as a sort of yardstick compromise.
  在年报中对业绩表做变动，给人的印象是在衡量标准方面做出了妥协。
• We shall use it as a yardstick in the following brief survey of the theories of static fatigue.
  我们在下面的静态疲劳理论的主要研究中将用它作为一个衡量的尺度。
• If the yardstick of success is popularity then he's undoubtedly done very well.
  如果成功的衡量标准是声望的话，那么他无疑已经非常成功了。
• Is money the only yardstick of success?
  金钱是衡量成功与否的唯一标准吗？
• A hierarchical yardstick competition approach to assessing the operation performance of distribution utilities is proposed.
  提出一种衡量供电公司运营绩效的层次化标尺竞争模型和方法。
• Not all of China should be measured by this yardstick.
  不应该按照这一标准来衡量整个中国。
• We need a yardstick to measure our performance by.
  我们的表现需要一个检验的标准。