touchstone

英 [ˈtʌtʃstəʊn]

美 [ˈtʌtʃstoʊn]

n.  试金石; 检验标准

复数：touchstones　

GRE

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
  1. the touchstone for quality
     检验质量的标准

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a basis for comparison
  1. the schools comply with federal standards
  2. they set the measure for all subsequent work
  Synonym:standardcriterionmeasure

双语例句

• The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality.
  检验契约的标准是平等的观念。
• Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.
  贫穷是人情的检验器，也是友谊的试金石。
• Love be the touchstone of virtue.
  爱情是德行的试金石。
• The greatest touchstone of any work is time.
  时间是检验一切的最好的试金石。
• 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。
• Success, a touchstone of opportunity, amBition, and aBility;
  成功是机遇、野心和能力的试金石；
• If the gate is there, it makes sense that the touchstone has at least been there.
  如果门是在那儿，看起来试金石似乎也在那儿。
• 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。
• The first serious touchstone for the improvement of Benzema is the next day14 in the Super Cup of Spain.
  对于本泽马说，第一块试金石就是接下来14号的西班牙超级杯。
• Are you suggesting that sg-2used the second gate to steal the touchstone?
  你真的认为sg-2利用第二道门去盗窃了试金石？