touchstone
英 [ˈtʌtʃstəʊn]
美 [ˈtʌtʃstoʊn]
n. 试金石; 检验标准
复数：touchstones
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- the touchstone for quality
检验质量的标准
- the touchstone for quality
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.- 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。
- Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.
英英释义
noun
- a basis for comparison
- the schools comply with federal standards
- they set the measure for all subsequent work
双语例句
- Success, a touchstone of opportunity, amBition, and aBility;
成功是机遇、野心和能力的试金石； - Not for the first time, Touchstone wished that he could reach the Charter and draw upon it for strength and magical assistance.
这已经不是第一次了，塔奇斯顿希望他能够召唤咒契，利用力量和魔法相助。 - 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。 - When a gold coin is rubbed on a touchstone, it leaves a stripe of a particular color.
将试金石与金币摩擦，金币会在试金石上留下一条有特殊颜色的条痕。 - 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。 - In recent years, her story became a touchstone for film histories, television dramas, a novel and an opera& all in some way exploring national identity in Asia.
近年来，她的故事为若干历史题材的电影、电视剧，以及一部小说与一部歌剧提供了素材，而它们的主题都与在亚洲探索国家身份认同有关。 - 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。 - Fine. where's the damn touchstone?
好吧，那该死的试金石在哪儿？ - To seek truth from facts, we must proceed from reality in all things, link theory with practice and hold practice to be the touchstone of truth& that is the ideological line of our party.
实事求是，一切从实际出发，理论联系实际，坚持实践是检验真理的标准，这就是我们党的思想路线。 - 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。