touchstone

英 [ˈtʌtʃstəʊn]

美 [ˈtʌtʃstoʊn]

n.  试金石; 检验标准

复数：touchstones　

GRE

BNC.20944 / COCA.17623

牛津词典

noun

• 试金石；检验标准
  something that provides a standard against which other things are compared and/or judged
  1. the touchstone for quality
     检验质量的标准

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 试金石;验证手段;检验标准
  If you use one thing as atouchstoneof another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing.
  1. Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.
     工作稳定性已成为很多员工衡量一份工作好坏的标准。

英英释义

noun

• a basis for comparison
  1. the schools comply with federal standards
  2. they set the measure for all subsequent work
  Synonym:standardcriterionmeasure

双语例句

• Are you suggesting that sg-2used the second gate to steal the touchstone?
  你真的认为sg-2利用第二道门去盗窃了试金石？
• Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.
  工作稳定性已成为很多员工衡量一份工作好坏的标准。
• As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men.
  试金石试黄金，金子则考验人。
• The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality.
  检验契约的标准是平等的观念。
• Harry Potter is such a cultural touchstone for children and adults the world over, that it's easy to forget that the characters and the world they live in doesn't actually exist.
  对于孩子和成年人来说，哈利波特无疑是世界的文化试金石。人们甚至太容易忘记，这些角色和他们生活的世界其实并不存在。
• The touchstone maintains the weather on this planet.
  这个试金石能维持该行星上的气候。
• When a gold coin is rubbed on a touchstone, it leaves a stripe of a particular color.
  将试金石与金币摩擦，金币会在试金石上留下一条有特殊颜色的条痕。
• Efficiency, therefore, can never serve as a utilitarian touchstone for law or for public policy.
  因此，效率绝不能作为法律或公共政策的功利主义标准。
• In business, having a large share of the market is often assumed to be the touchstone for success.
  在商业中，占有很大的市场份额常被认为是衡量成功的标准。
• The greatest touchstone of any work is time.
  时间是检验一切的最好的试金石。