barometers

英 [bəˈrɒmɪtəz]

美 [bəˈrɑmɪtərz]

n.  气压计; 晴雨表; (显示经济、社会、政治变化的)晴雨表，标志，指标
barometer的复数

柯林斯词典

• 气压计；气压表；晴雨表
  Abarometeris an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
• N-COUNT 变化的标志；晴雨表
  If something is abarometer ofa particular situation, it indicates how things are changing or how things are likely to develop.
  1. In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country...
     在过去的总统选举中，密苏里州一直是国内其他州的晴雨表。
  2. Our sleep pattern is a barometer to our psychological well-being.
     我们的睡眠模式是心理健康的晴雨表。

双语例句

• The dials of most barometers are inscribed with weather terms.
  大多数气压计的盘面都刻有天气术语。
• Newspapers are often called barometers of public opinion.
  报纸常被称作舆论的晴雨表。
• Barometers of financial stress hit record peaks across the world.
  在全球范围内，金融压力指标都达到了创纪录的峰值水平。
• The prospect of the Fed restarting its expansionary quantitative easing policy, also known as QE2, as early as next month has brought big falls in the dollar, rises in commodity prices and higher long-term Treasury yields all of which are barometers of higher inflation expectations.
  美联储最早将于下月重启扩张性定量宽松货币政策（又名qe2）的可能性，导致美元汇率大幅下跌、大宗商品价格上涨、长期美国国债收益率攀升这些都是通胀预期上升的标志。
• Such instruments as thermometers and barometers can be found in any physics laboratory.
  象温度计和气压计这样的仪器在任何物理实验室中都可以找到。
• Labor relations are the most basic and most important social relations in modern economic life, and are regarded as barometers or wind vanes which are used to evaluate the degree of harmony of a modern society.
  劳动关系是现代经济生活中最基本、也是最重要的社会关系，是现代社会是否和谐的晴雨表、风向标。
• Whatever else life throws in your way, these are the barometers by which you can measure your progress in the world and how you are reacting to change.
  不论生活向你抛来别的什么，有些你可以拿来衡量自己进步的，如何应对变化的压力计。
• Protective glass, curved, bent, hollowed or the like for medallions, barometers and similar appliances
  防护玻璃，曲面、弯曲、空心或类似者，用于大纪念章、气压表及类似用品
• As advertising agencies often are barometers of economic trends, Publicis's weakness points to a rough ride for China and other emerging markets this year.
  鉴于广告公司的情况通常是经济趋势的晴雨表，Publicis的疲软业绩预示中国等新兴市场今年或遭遇坎坷。
• Money markets in the US and Europe are signalling renewed fears about the financial strength of banks, with key confidence barometers almost returning to the levels that preceded the collapse of Bear Stearns.
  美国和欧洲的货币市场显示，投资者对银行的金融实力再度表现担忧，关键信心指数几乎回到了贝尔斯登（BearStearns）崩盘之前的水平。