yardstick

释义

n. 码尺, 计算标准, 准绳\n[法] 尺度, 衡量标准, 任何评判或比较的标准

例句

A property slowdown might endanger some projects by this yardstick. It might also hurt the value of the land that local governments have offered as collateral for their borrowings.

从这个尺度上看，房地产的冷却或许会影响到一部分项目，同时还可能损害地方政府作为抵押而提供的土地的价值。

Our guide has spent the journey telling us that the people of Iran should be our yardstick and not the politics.

一路上导游告诉我们，可以用我们的尺度来衡量伊朗人，但不要用政治眼光。