"yardstick" in Chinese (Simplified)
标准码尺
Definition
Yardstick 指的是用来比较和判断某物大小、质量或成功与否的标准。字面意思是三英尺长的量尺,但多用于比喻。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
常用于比喻标准或参考系,如“yardstick for success”,正式和半正式场合常见。可与“标准”换用。通常不用其字面意义(测量尺)。
Examples
The test was used as a yardstick to measure progress.
这次测试被用作衡量进步的**标准**。
There is no universal yardstick for beauty.
美没有统一的**标准**。
We use customer satisfaction as the main yardstick.
我们用客户满意度作为主要的**标准**。
Money shouldn’t always be the yardstick of success.
金钱不应总是衡量成功的**标准**。
Is test score really the best yardstick for learning?
考试分数真的是衡量学习的最佳**标准**吗?
We need a new yardstick for judging innovation in this field.
我们需要一个新的**标准**来评判该领域的创新。