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a ruler for measuring one yard 码尺 a standard used for judging how good or successful something is (好坏或成败的)衡量标准;准绳 a yardstick by which to measure something 衡量某事物的标准 Exam results are not the only yardstick of a school's performance. 考试结果不是衡量学校水平的唯一标准。
Extra ExamplesThe new test provides a yardstick against which to measure children's learning. 新型测试为检测儿童的学习提供了标准。 We don't have a common yardstick by which to compare the two cases. 我们没有一个共同的标准来比较这两种情况。 a yardstick for measuring growth 衡量增长的标准 the yardstick of success 成功的标准 Freud remains the yardstick from which other psychoanalysts choose to deviate. 弗洛伊德仍然是其他精神分析学家选择偏离的标准。 Rates of progress are difficult to compare without a common yardstick. 没有共同的标准,进步的快慢不好比较。 The rate of return on capital is used as the yardstick of profitability. 资本回报率被用作衡量盈利能力的标准。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
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