yardstick
n. 码尺; 尺度
If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things.
There has been no yardstick by which potential students can assess individual schools before signing up for a course.
有意就读的学生在报名参加一门课程前没有任何参照标准去衡量各个学校的水平。
She had never had a real boyfriend before and so had no yardstick by which to compare Charles's behaviour...
她以前从没有过真正的男朋友,所以没有可参照的标准来对比查尔斯的行为。
1. a measure or standard used for comparison;
2. a ruler or tape that is three feet long
They then made this experience a yardstick for evaluating future losses.
他们以这方面的作为衡量未来损失的尺度.
Most currencies are trading a long way from that yardstick.
多数国家以汇率为基准进行商贸交易.
Alan will become the yardstick against all future boyfriends which will be measured.
啊伦将是衡量所有男朋友的准绳.
A yardstick is measure, so is a foot rule.
码尺是量长短的, 英尺也是量长短的.
Your equity curve is the yardstick of your performance.
你的资金曲线是计算你成绩的标准.