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

• Confession remained the touchstone of guilt or innocence.
  供词仍旧是作为有罪与无罪的检验标准。
• "She would know," said Touchstone, making a face& but at the prospect of raw carrots and green absinthe, not Sulyn.
  “她会知道的，”塔齐斯顿说，做了个鬼脸&但是在生胡萝卜和绿色的苦艾酒的期望上，不是萨莱恩。
• The touchstone maintains the weather on this planet.
  这个试金石能维持该行星上的气候。
• Love be the touchstone of virtue.
  爱情是德行的试金石。
• Love is the touchstone of virtue.
  爱情是美德的试金石。
• The Touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
  试金石是一个小的鹅卵石，它能使任何普通的金属变成纯金。
• As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men.
  试金石试黄金，金子则考验人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。