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yardstick

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n.<美> 码尺,准绳

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yardstick


/'jɑ:dstɪk; `jɑrd,stɪk/
n ~ (of sth) standard of comparison 比较或衡量的标准; 尺度
*Durability is one yardstick of quality. 耐久性是质量好坏的一个尺度.
* We need a yardstick to measure our performance by. 我们的表现需要一个检验的标准.

yardstick


n[C]
something that you compare another thing with, in order to judge how good or successful it is
yardstick of
 Profit is the most important yardstick of success for any business.
as a yardstick
 These subjects are used as a yardstick against which to measure the children's progress.
a special stick used for measuring things which is exactly one yard long