yardstick

US [ˈjɑrdˌstɪk]
UK [ˈjɑː(r)dˌstɪk]
  • n.准绳；码尺；（好坏或成败的）衡量标准
  • Web尺度；标尺；尺码
Plural Form：yardsticks  

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yardstick
n.
1.
码尺a ruler for measuring one yard
2.
（好坏或成败的）衡量标准；准绳a standard used for judging how good or successful sth is
a yardstick by which to measure sth
衡量某事物的标准
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。

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Definition:
AllAll,准绳准绳,码尺码尺,衡量标准衡量标准,尺度尺度,标尺标尺,尺码尺码
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1.
When a crisis endangering the lives of others, you and I make a response to what has become of you and I value the most important yardstick.
当危机危及他人的生命的时候，你和我作出怎样的反应也就成为你和我存在的价值的最重要的尺度。
dāng wēi jī wēi jí tā rén de shēng mìng de shí hou , nǐ hé wǒ zuò chū zěn yàng de fǎn yìng yě jiù chéng wéi nǐ hé wǒ cún zài de jià zhí de zuì zhòng yào de chǐ dù 。
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2.
A generalisation that has often been used is to regard nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities as the yardstick.
一种广为应用的方法是将核武器与弹道导弹能力作为准绳。
yī zhǒng guǎng wéi yìng yòng de fāng fǎ shì jiāng hé wǔ qì yǔ dàn dào dǎo dàn néng lì zuò wéi zhǔn shéng 。
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3.
Not knowing her times tables, she was paralyzed with fear that the teacher who smacked students' hands with a yardstick would call on her.
她不知道她的课程表，当这个常常用戒尺拍打学生手掌的老师叫她回答问题的时候，她因为恐惧而变的僵硬麻痹。
tā bù zhī dào tā de kè chéng biǎo , dāng zhè ge cháng cháng yòng jiè chǐ pāi dǎ xué shēng shǒu zhǎng de lǎo shī jiào tā huí dá wèn tí de shí hou , tā yīn wèi kǒng jù ér biàn de jiāng yìng má bì 。
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4.
But to have to have good, and I cannot hold yardstick, but because there was a with worry.
而对已经要拥有的美好，我又因为把握不住尺度，而存在一份忐忑与担心。
ér duì yǐ jīng yào yōng yǒu de měi hǎo , wǒ yòu yīn wèi bǎ wò bù zhù chǐ dù , ér cún zài yī fèn tǎn tè yǔ dān xīn 。
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5.
It was a little later that he followed up the attack with two short essays, "The Wonder-Dreamers" and "The Yardstick of the Ego. "
以后不久他又写了两篇短文：《奇迹梦想者》和《自我的尺度》，继续进行攻击。
yǐ hòu bù jiǔ tā yòu xiě le liǎng piān duǎn wén : 《 qí jì mèng xiǎng zhě 》 hé 《 zì wǒ de chǐ dù 》 , jì xù jìn xíng gōng jī 。
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6.
nor feasible for any country to judge other countries by the yardstick of its own mode or to impose its own mode on others.
拿自己的模式作标准，去评判其他国家，把自己的模式强加于人，既不恰当，也根本行不通。
ná zì jǐ de mó shì zuò biāo zhǔn , qù píng pàn qí tā guó jiā , bǎ zì jǐ de mó shì qiáng jiā yú rén , jì bù qià dàng , yě gēn běn xíng bù tōng 。
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7.
Recently, he said that sheer size, in terms of market capitalisation, is not the right yardstick to measure the bank's might.
最近，他谈到以市场资本化的方式做大规模，不是衡量银行的最佳方案。
zuì jìn , tā tán dào yǐ shì chǎng zī běn huà de fāng shì zuò dà guī mó , bú shì héng liáng yín háng de zuì jiā fāng àn 。
www.ecocn.org
8.
What yardstick can be used to measure progress or to measure things against?
采用什么标杆来衡量事情的进展？
cǎi yòng shén me biāo gān lái héng liáng shì qíng de jìn zhǎn ?
blog.sina.com.cn
9.
If the US were to adhere to this yardstick, its banks would be forced to take up about 20 per cent of the overall federal debt stock.
如果美国也遵从这种标准，其银行将被迫持有联邦债务总存量的20%左右。
rú guǒ měi guó yě zūn cóng zhè zhǒng biāo zhǔn , qí yín háng jiāng bèi pò chí yǒu lián bāng zhài wù zǒng cún liàng de bǎi fēn zhī èr shí zuǒ yòu 。
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10.
Since that time we've been delighted to see that the Alexa Rankings have become a yardstick by which website popularity is measured.
自那时以来，我们已经欣喜地看到，在Alexa的排名已经成为一个准绳，使网站人气，是衡量。
zì nà shí yǐ lái , wǒ men yǐ jīng xīn xǐ de kàn dào , zài Alexa de pái míng yǐ jīng chéng wéi yī gè zhǔn shéng , shǐ wǎng zhàn rén qì , shì héng liáng 。
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