litmus test

英 [ˈlɪtməs test]

美 [ˈlɪtməs test]

n.  石蕊试验

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牛津词典

noun

noun

• 石蕊试验
  a test using litmus

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 试金石；立见分晓的检验办法
  If you say that something is alitmus test ofsomething, you mean that it is an effective and definite way of proving it or measuring it.
  1. Ending the fighting must be the absolute priority, the litmus test of the agreements' validity...
     停火绝对是第一要务，也是检验协议是否有效的试金石。
  2. The success of wind power represents a litmus test for renewable energy.
     风能作为动力的成功是对可再生能源一次立见分晓的检验。

英英释义

noun

• a test that relies on a single indicator
  1. her litmus test for good breeding is whether you split infinitives
• a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions
  Synonym:litmus

双语例句

• Success and fame are often the litmus test of one's character.
  成功和名誉往往是对一个人的人格考验。
• Now, I would not provide a litmus test.
  现在，我不会提供石蕊测试。
• As part of governing the SOA lifecycle, candidate services need to conform to a service litmus test, whose answers can establish a set of criteria to qualify a service.
  在SOA生命周期治理过程中，需要对候选服务进行资格测试，测试的结果可以建立一套确定服务质量的条件。
• It requires a "Litmus Test", which determines a" good service ".
  它还需要一个“石蕊试验”，以决定是否是“良好的服务”。
• I wish there were some easy litmus test that I could just give you so you'd know which of you would be making a mistake taking this class.
  我希望能有一种简单的石蕊测试，让我可以直接展示给你们并让你们知道，你们中的谁上这门课是一个错误。
• The litmus test for a component model is: Can you buy components from third-party vendors and plug them into your application?
  组件模型的关键考验就是：能否从第三方供应商购买组件，并把它们插入应用程序？
• The ideologues are applying a new litmus test for such deals whether an industry is "surnamed Chinese or surnamed foreign".
  理论家正用新的标准对这些交易进行检验，即一个行业“姓中，还是姓外”。
• This litmus test contains questions such as: Is this service reusable and how many consumers will it have?
  这个测试包含以下问题：这个服务是可重用的吗？它会有多少用户？
• The president's policy on abortion is regarded as a litmus test of his views on women's rights.
  总统在堕胎问题上的政策被视为其在妇女权利上的观点的表露。
• A sense of control, according to Anderson, is the litmus test for success.
  据安德森看来，有无控制感是成功的试金石。