yardstick
/'jɑ:dstik/
★☆☆☆☆托福英语词汇
📖 中文释义
- n. 码尺, 计算标准, 准绳
- [法] 尺度, 衡量标准, 任何评判或比较的标准
🔗 释义中的汉语词
🧩 词形变化
复数 yardsticks
💬 双语例句
Across Africa, almost all governments praise – some honestly, some not – economic modernization as the cornerstone of prosperity and the yardstick by which their effectiveness should be measured.
Another common measure used to judge a Chinese official’s “merit” is his ability to deliver economic growth. On the surface, this may appear to be an objective yardstick.
Indeed, early privatization is likely to be destructive in its own terms, because property rights will remain in question for some time. Thus, a new yardstick is needed to measure success.
的确,过早的私有化本身很可能具有破坏性,因为产权在一段时间内仍会是个问题。 因此,我们就需要一种新的准绳来衡量成功。 判定相关项目的成功与否必须看它们是否为和平与和解做出贡献,而不仅仅是在经济层面上考量。
🔗 常用搭配
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. a measure or standard used for comparison
- n. a ruler or tape that is three feet long