yardstick

noun

1. 码尺
   a ruler for measuring one yard
2. （好坏或成败的）衡量标准；准绳
   a standard used for judging how good or successful sth is
   1. a yardstick by which to measure sth
      衡量某事物的标准
   2. Exam results are not the only yardstick of a school's performance.
      考试结果不是衡量学校水平的唯一标准。

1. N-COUNT 衡量标准；评判尺度；准绳
   If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things.
   1. There has been no yardstick by which potential students can assess individual schools before signing up for a course.
      有意就读的学生在报名参加一门课程前没有任何参照标准去衡量各个学校的水平。
   2. She had never had a real boyfriend before and so had no yardstick by which to compare Charles's behaviour...
      她以前从没有过真正的男朋友，所以没有可参照的标准来对比查尔斯的行为。

1. There has been no yardstick by which potential students can assess individual schools before signing up for a course.
   有意就读的学生在报名参加一门课程前没有任何参照标准去衡量各个学校的水平。
2. She had never had a real boyfriend before and so had no yardstick by which to compare Charles's behaviour
   她以前从没有过真正的男朋友，所以没有可参照的标准来对比查尔斯的行为。
3. Profit is not the only yardstick of success.
   利润并不是衡量成功的唯一尺度。
4. We shall use it as a yardstick in the following brief survey of the theories of static fatigue.
   我们在下面的静态疲劳理论的主要研究中将用它作为一个衡量的尺度。
5. For everyday purpose, that standard object could be a yardstick or meter stick.
   在日常实用中，标准物也许是码尺或米尺。
6. Real results should be the yardstick for measuring success.
   真实的成果是衡量成功的准绳。
7. And at nonprofit institutions, should money be the main yardstick and currency?
   在一个非营利机构，金钱应该成为主要衡量标准和通货吗？
8. The new performance table in the annual report comes across as a sort of yardstick compromise.
   在年报中对业绩表做变动，给人的印象是在衡量标准方面做出了妥协。
9. You may wonder if there is any yardstick by which to measure your proficiency of using chopsticks.
   你可能想知道有没有什么标准能够衡量使用筷子的熟练程度。
10. Morality, as a yardstick, is usually used to evaluate others.
    道德一直被人们视为评价他人的一个尺度。
11. But by Mr bush's yardstick, the effort has been a failure.
    但是按照布什的标准，这项努力失败了。
12. Is profit the only yardstick of success?
    利益是成功唯一的尺度吗？
13. The only yardstick of truth is the revolutionary practice of millions of people.
    只有千百万人民的革命实践，才是检验真理的尺度。
14. Is money the only yardstick of success?
    金钱是衡量成功与否的唯一标准吗？
15. Do you judge other children by the same yardstick as your own?
    你用同样的标准衡量你的孩子和其他孩子吗？
16. The personalization process has championed a crucial yardstick& the criterion of personal achievement.
    恤个性化的过程凸现了一条至关重要的准绳&个人成就的标准。
17. Do you think the TOEFL score is a good yardstick for English proficiency?
    你认为托福成绩是一种衡量英语流利程度的好标准吗？
18. A unit of account is the yardstick people use to post prices and record debts.
    记帐单位是人们用来标明价格和记录债务的尺度。
19. A hierarchical yardstick competition approach to assessing the operation performance of distribution utilities is proposed.
    提出一种衡量供电公司运营绩效的层次化标尺竞争模型和方法。
20. If the yardstick of success is popularity then he's undoubtedly done very well.
    如果成功的衡量标准是声望的话，那么他无疑已经非常成功了。
21. Correspondence between yardstick of prediction term and prediction method is good way to improve prediction effect.
    提高预测效果的良好途径是预测期尺度与预测方法相对应。
22. As a yardstick of traveling experiences, tourists satisfaction highly influences the future tourism income and policy making.
    游客满意度是衡量旅游体验的主要标准，影响游客收益以及随后旅游决策和行为。
23. Her weight became her yardstick for success in everything she did.
    她的体重成了她衡量任何事情成功的标准。
24. Not all of China should be measured by this yardstick.
    不应该按照这一标准来衡量整个中国。
25. Not all of Chinese manufacturing should be measured by this yardstick, but Ms Harney raises serious questions.
    不应该用这一标准来衡量整个中国的制造商，但哈尼女士提出了一些严肃的问题。
26. Durability is one yardstick of quality.
    耐久性是质量好坏的一个尺度。
27. By any yardstick, we can be proud of our long-standing record of philanthropy for charities and education.
    不论以什么标准来衡量，我们长期对慈善和教育事业的奉献，都值得我们引以为荣。
28. But that, he emphasises, is not the yardstick he and his wife Olga use.
    但他同时强调，这并不是他以及妻子奥尔加所持的评判标准。
29. This is a yardstick for measuring whether a person is really progressive.
    这是衡量一个人是否真进步的标准。
30. We need a yardstick to measure our performance by.
    我们的表现需要一个检验的标准。

noun

1. a ruler or tape that is three feet long

   Synonym:    yard measure

2. a measure or standard used for comparison
   1. on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?