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

• In recent years, her story became a touchstone for film histories, television dramas, a novel and an opera& all in some way exploring national identity in Asia.
  近年来，她的故事为若干历史题材的电影、电视剧，以及一部小说与一部歌剧提供了素材，而它们的主题都与在亚洲探索国家身份认同有关。
• 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。
• 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。
• To seek truth from facts, we must proceed from reality in all things, link theory with practice and hold practice to be the touchstone of truth& that is the ideological line of our party.
  实事求是，一切从实际出发，理论联系实际，坚持实践是检验真理的标准，这就是我们党的思想路线。
• We can fight our way back to the embassy! Retorted touchstone.
  我们可以冲回大使馆！塔奇斯顿反驳。
• As long as both sides are really in love, distance is a test of their touchstone.
  只要双方是真心相爱，距离就是考验他们的试金石。
• "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。
• When the world was falling apart, you were my constant, my touchstone.
  当世界都四分五裂，你是我的永恒，你是我的试金石。
• Fine. where's the damn touchstone?
  好吧，那该死的试金石在哪儿？
• Love be the touchstone of virtue.
  爱情是德行的试金石。