touchstone

英 [ˈtʌtʃstəʊn]

美 [ˈtʌtʃstoʊn]

n.  试金石; 检验标准

复数：touchstones　

GRE

BNC.20944 / COCA.17623

牛津词典

noun

• 试金石；检验标准
  something that provides a standard against which other things are compared and/or judged
  1. the touchstone for quality
     检验质量的标准

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 试金石;验证手段;检验标准
  If you use one thing as atouchstoneof another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a basis for comparison
  1. the schools comply with federal standards
  2. they set the measure for all subsequent work
  Synonym:standardcriterionmeasure

双语例句

• Fine. where's the damn touchstone?
  好吧，那该死的试金石在哪儿？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Love is the touchstone of virtue.
  爱情是美德的试金石。
• Confession remained the touchstone of guilt or innocence.
  供词仍旧是作为有罪与无罪的检验标准。
• The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality.
  检验契约的标准是平等的观念。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men.
  试金石试黄金，金子则考验人。