touchstone是什么意思？

touchstone

英[ˈtʌtʃstəʊn] 美[ˈtʌtʃstoʊn]

• n. 试金石， （检验）标准；

复数：touchstones;

例句

• A man’s deed is the touchstone of his greatness or littleness. 行动是一个人伟大或者渺小的试金石。
• As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man. 试金石可试金,黄金能试人。
• Love is the touchstone of virtue. 爱情是美德的试金石。
• 42 As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man. 42试金石试金, 黄金试人.
• the touchstone for quality 检验质量的标准
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  试金石;验证手段;检验标准
  If you use one thing as a touchstone of another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
  "they set the measure for all subsequent work"

行业词典

• 冶金学： 试金石；