touchstone 英 ['tʌtʃstəʊn] 　 美 ['tʌtʃ'ston]

touchstone

touchstone　 英 ['tʌtʃstəʊn] 美 ['tʌtʃ'ston]

n. 试金石；（检验）标准　

名词复数:touchstones　

That is the touchstone of our efforts in all these areas.　对于我们在所有这些方面的努力，这是一个试金石。
But, just as with England, Rooney is the true touchstone.　但正如英格兰国家队，鲁尼才是真正的试金石。

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  • n. 试金石；（检验）标准

  • 1. That is the touchstone of our efforts in all these areas.

    对于我们在所有这些方面的努力，这是一个试金石。

  • 2. But, just as with England, Rooney is the true touchstone.

    但正如英格兰国家队，鲁尼才是真正的试金石。

  • 3. Efficiency, therefore, can never serve as a utilitarian touchstone for law or for public policy.

    因此，效率绝不能作为法律或公共政策的功利主义标准。

  • touchstone (n.) late 15c., from touch (v.) in the Middle English sense "to test" (metal) + stone (n.). Fine-grained black quartz, used for testing the quality of gold and silver alloys by the color of the streak made by rubbing them on it. Also see basalt. Figurative sense is from 1530s.
touch·stone / ˈtʌtʃstəʊn ; NAmE ˈtʌtʃstoʊn / noun [usually singular ] touchstone(of/for sth) ( formal) something that provides a standard against which other things are compared and/or judged 试金石；检验标准 ◆ the touchstone for quality 检验质量的标准 touchstone touchstones touch·stone / ˈtʌtʃstəʊn ; NAmE ˈtʌtʃstoʊn /
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