中文词源
yardstick 码尺，准绳
yard,码，stick,棍，引申义准绳，标准。比较canon,gauge.
英语词源
- yardstick (n.)
- also yard-stick, 1797, from yard (n.2) + stick (n.).
权威例句
- 1. a yardstick by which to measure sth
- 衡量某事物的标准
- 2. By any yardstick, that's a large amount of money.
- 用任何标准衡量, 那都是巨大的金额.
- 3. The new test provides a yardstick against which to measure children's learning.
- 新的测试提供了一个标准去检测儿童的学习.
- 4. This is a yardstick for measuring whether a person is really progressive.
- 这是衡量一个人是否真正进步的标准.
- 5. Profit is not the only yardstick of success.
- 利润并不是衡量成功的唯一尺度.