touchstone

US [ˈtʌtʃˌstoʊn]
UK [ˈtʌtʃˌstəʊn]
  • n.试金石；检验标准
  • Web点金石；试金石影片公司；触金石
Plural Form：touchstones  

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Touchstone
n.
1.
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~ (of/for sth)
试金石；检验标准something that provides a standard against which other things are compared and/or judged
the touchstone for quality
检验质量的标准

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AllAll,试金石试金石,检验标准检验标准,点金石点金石,试金石影片公司试金石影片公司,触金石触金石
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1.
Touchstone still found it odd to see Sabriel dressed in Ancelstierran clothes, particularly their court clothes, as she was wearing today.
塔齐斯顿偶尔会发现萨布莉尔穿着安塞斯蒂尔的衣服，尤其是他们的法庭服装，同样她今天也穿着。
tǎ qí sī dùn ǒu ěr huì fā xiàn sà bù lì ěr chuān zhe ān sài sī dì ěr de yī fu , yóu qí shì tā men de fǎ tíng fú zhuāng , tóng yàng tā jīn tiān yě chuān zhe 。
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2.
But the metal is something of a touchstone on the supply side, too.
金属原料的价格常常成为供应方的试金石。
jīn shǔ yuán liào de jià gé cháng cháng chéng wéi gōng yìng fāng de shì jīn shí 。
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3.
Emerson was a touchstone, and Salinger often quoted him in letters.
艾默生是一块试金石，塞林格经常在信里引用他的话。
ài mò shēng shì yí kuài shì jīn shí , sài lín gé jīng cháng zài xìn lǐ yǐn yòng tā de huà 。
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4.
Both ABC and Touchstone seem to be genuinely pleased with the results.
ABC和正金石影业对这个结果十分满意。
ABC hé zhèng jīn shí yǐng yè duì zhè ge jié guǒ shí fēn mǎn yì 。
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5.
Two years after he outlined his theory, it is still a touchstone in design circles for discussing Apple and its rivals.
即使在理论发表两年后，当设计圈中谈及苹果和它的竞争对手时，这条理论仍然是一条准则。
jí shǐ zài lǐ lùn fā biǎo liǎng nián hòu , dāng shè jì quān zhōng tán jí píng guǒ hé tā de jìng zhēng duì shǒu shí , zhè tiáo lǐ lùn réng rán shì yī tiáo zhǔn zé 。
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6.
Nonetheless, Wonder Woman remains a touchstone of popular culture, a symbol of feminism and an enduring piece of psychology history.
然而，神力女超人依旧是流行文化的试金石和女权主义的象征，在心理学史上永远留下痕迹。
rán ér , shén lì nǚ chāo rén yī jiù shì liú xíng wén huà de shì jīn shí hé nǚ quán zhǔ yì de xiàng zhēng , zài xīn lǐ xué shǐ shàng yǒng yuǎn liú xià hén jì 。
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7.
Published in 1951, Catcher has long been a literary touchstone for alienated high school students.
1951年出版，对于疏离的高中生学生而言，长期以来一直是文学的试金石。
yī jiǔ wǔ yī nián chū bǎn , duì yú shū lí de gāo zhōng shēng xué shēng ér yán , cháng qī yǐ lái yì zhí shì wén xué de shì jīn shí 。
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8.
Homosexuality might not be gold, but it must be the touchstone of black and white, of beauty and ugliness in this day and age.
同性恋也许不是金子，但肯定是这个时代黑白美丑的试金石。
tóng xìng liàn yě xǔ bú shì jīn zi , dàn kěn dìng shì zhè ge shí dài hēi bái měi chǒu de shì jīn shí 。
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9.
The walk is really little more than a cultural touchstone and a literary conceit, the event around which McCann has assembled his cast.
在云端中行走——麦凯恩将他的角色交汇的事件，真的稍甚于文化精粹和文学奇喻。
zài yún duān zhōng xíng zǒu — — mài kǎi ēn jiāng tā de jué sè jiāo huì de shì jiàn , zhēn de shāo shèn yú wén huà jīng cuì hé wén xué qí yù 。
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10.
In the opinion of some old people, traditional modes of thought are the touchstone by which to tell good from bad.
在一些老人看来，传统的思维模式是分辨是非的试金石。
zài yì xiē lǎo rén kàn lái , chuán tǒng de sī wéi mó shì shì fēn biàn shì fēi de shì jīn shí 。
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