touchstone

美 [ˈtʌtʃstoʊn]英 [ˈtʌtʃstəʊn]
  • n.试金石;检验标准

复数: touchstones

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noun

formal试金石;检验标准
something that provides a standard against which other things are compared and/or judged

the touchstone for quality

检验质量的标准

touchstone

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    N-COUNT 试金石;验证手段;检验标准
    If you use one thing as a touchstone of another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing.

    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。

noun

1
a basis for comparison;a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
the schools comply with federal standards
they set the measure for all subsequent work
Synonym: standard criterion measure

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  1. Human Resources Index & touchstone for evaluating human resources management

    人力资源指数:评价人力资源管理的试金石

  2. The greatest touchstone of any work is time .

    时间是检验一切的最好的试金石。

  3. 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。

  4. In 1870 , when Dickens died , the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher , famous and beloved , who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters — from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim — were held up as moral touchstones .

    1870年,狄更斯去世,全世界都为他哀悼,认为他是第一位受人爱戴的著名职业作家兼出版商;他在小说出版界和读者中引起了轰动,他的人物角色,像奥利弗·特维斯特、小蒂姆,被视为道德的试金石。

  5. Labour productivity , the touchstone for new growth , remains low .

    作为衡量经济新增长尺度的劳动生产率仍然是低的。

  6. Trial sale is the touchstone of new product entry of market and marketing plan .

    新产品进入市场和市场营销计划的试金石是市场试销。

  7. As the touchstone tries gold , so gold tries men .

    试金石试黄金,金子则考验人。

  8. She could be a valuable touchstone for you during this transition .

    在你的过渡期,她对于你来说是很有用的自我检验标尺

  9. Success , a touchstone of opportunity , amBition , and aBility ;

    成功是机遇、野心和能力的试金石;

  10. Enrollment and employment are the touchstone for assessing the teaching quality of higher vocational colleges .

    就业是检验高职学院教育教学质量的试金石。

  11. The representation of the real is a touchstone for traditional literary criticisms .

    传统文学批评一向热衷于文学真实性的讨论,并将其发展成一种重要的文学观念。

  12. A poor man read the secret of the " Touchstone " from a book .

    一个穷人从一本书上读到“试金石”的秘密。

  13. The Touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold .

    试金石是一个小的鹅卵石,它能使任何普通的金属变成纯金。

  14. As long as both sides are really in love , distance is a test of their touchstone .

    只要双方是真心相爱,距离就是考验他们的试金石。

  15. 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。

  16. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone .

    他一整天都是这么做的,但一块点金石也没有找到。

  17. Translation criticism is the touchstone to evaluate them , and is also an important link between translation theory and practice .

    翻泽批评则是进行检验和研究译作的试金石,是翻译理论和实践之间的一个重要环节。

  18. The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality .

    检验契约的标准是平等的观念。

  19. When the world was falling apart , you were my constant , my touchstone .

    当世界都四分五裂,你是我的永恒,你是我的试金石。

  20. Taking revenge will not return the touchstone , for we did not take it .

    只想着报仇是无法找回试金石的,我们并没有偷。

  21. 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。

  22. Anomaly investigation and verification is a touchstone in examining the exploration of geochemistry .

    异常查证是检验地球化学勘查的试金石。

  23. The same hour as the touchstone was taken .

    在同时,试金石被盗。

  24. We can fight our way back to the embassy ! Retorted touchstone .

    我们可以冲回大使馆!塔奇斯顿反驳。

  25. Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship .

    贫穷是人情的检验器,也是友谊的试金石。

  26. The qualities of courage and vision that are the touchstones of leadership

    勇气与远见是检验领导风范的试金石

  27. Touchstone is a fine-grained velvety black rock , a kind of quartz .

    试金石是一种纹理细密、表面光滑的黑色岩石,属石英一类。

  28. Today , come with us as we visit an imaginary college reunion and learn some touchstone expressions .

    今天,我们就幻想一个大学聚会的场景,一起来学习一些标准表达。

  29. The Touchstone of Achievements : Equivalent Profit

    当量利润考核是试金石

  30. If the gate is there , it makes sense that the touchstone has at least been there .

    如果门是在那儿,看起来试金石似乎也在那儿。