benchmark
noun[C]
uk/ˈbentʃ.mɑːk/us/ˈbentʃ.mɑːrk/alevelofqualitythat can be used as astandardwhencomparingother things:
基准(点)Heroutstandingperformancessetanewbenchmark forsingersthroughouttheworld.她的精彩表演为全世界歌手树立了新典范。
Quality and standard
- bar
- cachet
- calibre
- conform
- conform to/withsomething
- conformance
- level
- mark
- multi-levelled
- multilevel
- notch
- place
- plane
- prestige
- qualitative
- qualitatively
- star
- style
- take first/second placeidiom
- upscale
benchmark
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈbentʃ.mɑːk/us/ˈbentʃ.mɑːrk/used as astandardwhencomparingother things:
a benchmarkcase
Teachers give the benchmarkteststoseewhetherstudentsaregraspingthe newcurriculum.
- Naturalgasis still aregionalcommodity, anditspriceis onlylooselyconnectedtoworldoilbenchmarkprices.
- Thisqualificationis foradviserswho havepassedbenchmarkqualificationsinfinancialadvice.
- The benchmarkannuallendingratereached7.47percent.
Samples and examples
- a case in pointphrase
- advertisement
- aliquot
- archetype
- benchmarking
- classic
- core
- cross-section
- flavour
- for instanceidiom
- forerunner
- illustration
- instance
- quintessence
- role model
- sample
- showpiece
- sort
- swatch
- taste
benchmark
verb[T]
uk/ˈbentʃ.mɑːk/us/ˈbentʃ.mɑːrk/tomeasurethequalityof something bycomparingit with somethingelseof anacceptedstandard:
以…为标准来衡量Hisreportssaid that allschoolsshould be benchmarkedagainstthebest.他的报告指出,所有学校都应该以最好的学校为标准进行衡量。
Comparing and contrasting
- analogy
- antithesis
- apple
- as againstidiom
- balance
- balancesomethingagainstsomething
- comparative
- competitively
- contradistinction
- contrast
- contrastive
- cross-reference
- gold standard
- measure
- perspective
- relative
- relatively
- relativist
- self-differentiation
- stack up
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