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单词 yardstick
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yardstick
noun[C]
uk
/ˈjɑːd.stɪk/us
/ˈjɑːrd.stɪk/

yardsticknoun[C](STANDARD)

afactorstandardby which you canjudgethesuccessorvalueof something:
评判尺度；衡量标准；准绳
Productivity is not the only yardstickofsuccess.生产率并非成功的唯一标准。
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yardsticknoun[C](FOR MEASURING)

aruler(= alongflatobjectused formeasuringthelengthof things)that is oneyard(=approximately91.4centimetres)long:
Thedressmakermeasuredtheclothwith a yardstick.
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  • Hehitmeacrosstheheadwith a yardstick.
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(Definition ofyardstickfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
yardstick
noun[C]
uk
/ˈjɑːd.stɪk/us
/ˈjɑːrd.stɪk/
afactorstandardby which you canjudgethesuccessorvalueof something
评判尺度；衡量标准；准绳
Productivity is not the only yardstickofsuccess.生产率并非成功的唯一标准。

yardstick| American Dictionary

yardstick
noun[C]
us
/ˈjɑrdˌstɪk/
a way ofmeasuringhow good,accurate, oreffectivesomething is:
A highsalaryisn’t the only yardstick forsuccess.
The onlyvalidyardstick formeasuringtrafficsafetyisdeathspermilesdriven.
(Definition ofyardstickfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

yardstick| Business English

yardstick
noun[C]
uk
/ˈjɑːdstɪk/us
astandardused tocomparesimilarthings inordertomeasuretheirvalueorsuccess:
a yardstick for sthThefirmuses theindexas a yardstick formeasuringitself againstcompetitors.
Productivity is not the onlyyardstick ofsuccess.
(Definition ofyardstickfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofyardstick

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Network industries in the region are small, and so evenyardstickcompetition within a country is not viable.
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In the experimental hypnotism, theyardstickfor a good subject was its constancy in displaying certain symptoms that could be translated into a regular curve.
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This would include the development and propagation of costing techniques and viable yardsticks by which efficiency comparisons could be made within and between services.
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Even today, the 1946 riot is theyardstick, especially for its survivors, in assessing the intensity of communal violence of recent times.
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This is theyardstickfor the following statistics.
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It was apparent that the appointing panel felt obliged to take chronological age into consideration, that is, to discriminate by thatyardstick.
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The following is a set of goals for a "good" simulationbased exercise that can be used as ayardstickto consider new assignments.
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It is ayardstickby which to see whether an artist cares about or engages in the real life of people.
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Intelligibility should be theyardstickfor a norm: mistakes are not part of the linguistic culture of a region.
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Stories as such serve as an importantyardstickfor determining the strength of the pinzhong when purchasing a cricket.
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This measure is intended as ayardstickfor phonological development, and forms the basis of a developmental scale.
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It should be noted that it constitutes ayardstickto be assessed by reviewers of each program.
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Panurge's dream was in this sense ayardstickagainst which the appropriateness of specific techniques or strategies could be gauged.
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Using the concept of isomerism of individual molecules as theyardstickfor isomerism in a hominid, therefore, is unduly restrictive.
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Tradition was used as the handyyardstickto check the most "undesirable" aspects of change.
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