yardstick

[US]/'jɑːdstɪk/
[UK]/'jɑrd'stɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 比较或衡量的标准; 尺度
Word Forms

Example Sentences

We need a yardstick for health.

我们需要一个有关健康的标准。

By any yardstick, that’s a large amount of money.

用任何标准衡量,那都是巨大的金额。

league tables are not the only yardstick of schools' performance.

名次表并不是衡量学校表现的惟一尺度。

This is a yardstick for measuring whether a person is really progressive.

这是衡量一个人是否真正进步的标准。

Do you judge other children by the same yardstick as your own?

你用同样的标准衡量你的孩子和其他孩子吗?

The new test provides a yardstick against which to measure children’s learning.

新的测试提供了一个标准去检测儿童的学习。

farm failures, a yardstick of federal banking policy. See also Synonyms at ideal

农业落后是衡量封建金融政策的标准 参见同义词 ideal

In order to detect and track dim-point targets under the complex background of sky, a high speed method is put, which uses multiwindow, little yardstick, repetitious subtracting and fusing images.

针对复杂天空背景下弱点目标的检测与跟踪,提出了一种利用多窗口、尺度、次差影融合点目标图像的快速检测与跟踪方法。

Real-world Examples

So I think Alan will become the yardstick against which all future boyfriends will be measured.

我想亚伦会成为用来衡量你未来所有的男朋友的准绳。

Source: Volume 1

The motto is not just empty talk. Instead, it is a real yardstick.

这一校训绝对不是一句空话,而是一个实实在在的尺度。

Source: Entering Harvard University

Still, by that yardstick Indian firms have decades before institutional capitalism takes over.

就算这样,按照上述标准,印度企业在制度资本主义盛行前尚有几十年的时间。

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

I am confused by the words, " gauge" and " yardstick" .

我被gauge和yardstick这两个词搞糊涂了。

Source: VOA Special June 2023 Collection

By this yardstick, nominal rates are already in restrictive territory.

按照这个标准,名义利率已经处于限制范围内。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And one of the more striking yardsticks is here in Baton Rouge.

巴吞鲁日是最引人注目的残骸之一。

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2022 Compilation

I have a yardstick, and I'm not afraid to use it.

我的戒尺正愁没地儿使呢。

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

All the decisions concerning Harvard's fate must be measured and determined by this yardstick.

所有关于学校命运的重大决定都要有这一尺度来做最终的衡量和判断。

Source: Entering Harvard University

This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about " gauge" and " yardstick."

本周《名师答疑》,我们将回答关于“测量”和“码尺”的问题。

Source: VOA Special June 2023 Collection

As expected, this reference image probably takes forever to compute, but is important to have as a yardstick.

可以预料,这张参照图片大概要花一辈子的时间去计算,但是它是一个非常重要的标尺。

Source: Two-Minute Paper

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