yardstick
英 ['jɑ?dst?k]
美['jɑrd'st?k]
- n. 碼尺
低頻詞暢通詞匯TEM4TOEFL
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?yardsticks;
中文詞源
yardstick 碼尺，準繩
yard,碼，stick,棍，引申義準繩，標準。比較canon,gauge.
英文詞源
- yardstick (n.)
- also yard-stick, 1797, from yard (n.2) + stick (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. a yardstick by which to measure sth
- 衡量某事物的標準
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Profit is not the only yardstick of success.
- 利潤并不是衡量成功的唯一尺度.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》