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Touchstone Totter

Touchstone
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  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

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1. 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. 

  • 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。

Noun

1. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;

  • "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
1. 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。

来自《简明英汉词典》