yardstick

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

Translation

n. 比較或衡量的標準; 尺度
Word Forms

Example Sentences

We need a yardstick for health.

我們需要一個有關健康的標準。

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

用任何標準衡量,那都是巨大的金額。

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

名次表並不是衡量學校表現的惟一尺度。

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

這是衡量一個人是否真正進步的標準。

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

你用同樣的標準衡量你的孩子和其他孩子嗎?

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

新的測試提供了一個標準去檢測兒童的學習。

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

農業落後是衡量封建金融政策的標準 參見同義詞 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.

針對複雜天空背景下弱點目標的檢測與跟蹤,提出了一種利用多窗口、尺度、次差影融合點目標圖像的快速檢測與跟蹤方法。

Real-world Examples

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

我想亞倫會成爲用來衡量你未來所有的男朋友的準繩。

Source: Volume 1

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

這一校訓絕對不是一句空話,而是一個實實在在的尺度。

Source: Entering Harvard University

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

就算這樣,按照上述標準,印度企業在制度資本主義盛行前尚有幾十年的時間。

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

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

我被gauge和yardstick這兩個詞搞糊塗了。

Source: VOA Special June 2023 Collection

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

按照這個標準,名義利率已經處於限制範圍內。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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

巴吞魯日是最引人注目的殘骸之一。

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2022 Compilation

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

我的戒尺正愁沒地兒使呢。

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

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

所有關於學校命運的重大決定都要有這一尺度來做最終的衡量和判斷。

Source: Entering Harvard University

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

本週《名師答疑》,我們將回答關於“測量”和“碼尺”的問題。

Source: VOA Special June 2023 Collection

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

可以預料,這張參照圖片大概要花一輩子的時間去計算,但是它是一個非常重要的標尺。

Source: Two-Minute Paper

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