yardstick
n. 碼尺; 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.
有意就讀的學生在報名參加一門課程前沒有任何參照標準去衡量各個學校的水平。
She had never had a real boyfriend before and so had no yardstick by which to compare Charles's behaviour...
她以前從沒有過真正的男朋友,所以沒有可參照的標準來對比查爾斯的行為。
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.
他們以這方面的作為衡量未來損失的尺度.
Most currencies are trading a long way from that yardstick.
多數國家以匯率為基準進行商貿交易.
Alan will become the yardstick against all future boyfriends which will be measured.
啊倫將是衡量所有男朋友的準繩.
A yardstick is measure, so is a foot rule.
碼尺是量長短的, 英尺也是量長短的.
Your equity curve is the yardstick of your performance.
你的資金曲線是計算你成績的標準.