touchstone
美 [?t?t??sto?n]
英 [?t?t??st??n] 
- n.試金石;檢驗標準
- 網絡點金石;試金石影片公司;觸金石
詞形變化
復數:touchstones 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [ususing] ~ (of/for sth) 試金石;檢驗標準something that provides a standard against which other things are compared and/or judged |
| the touchstone for quality 檢驗質量的標準 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
Touchstone still found it odd to see Sabriel dressed in Ancelstierran clothes, particularly their court clothes, as she was wearing today.
塔齊斯頓偶爾會發現薩布莉爾穿著安塞斯蒂爾的衣服,尤其是他們的法庭服裝,同樣她今天也穿著。
But the metal is something of a touchstone on the supply side, too.
金屬原料的價格常常成為供應方的試金石。
Emerson was a touchstone, and Salinger often quoted him in letters.
艾默生是一塊試金石,塞林格經常在信里引用他的話。
Both ABC and Touchstone seem to be genuinely pleased with the results.
ABC和正金石影業對這個結果十分滿意。
Two years after he outlined his theory, it is still a touchstone in design circles for discussing Apple and its rivals.
即使在理論發表兩年后,當設計圈中談及蘋果和它的競爭對手時,這條理論仍然是一條準則。
Nonetheless, Wonder Woman remains a touchstone of popular culture, a symbol of feminism and an enduring piece of psychology history.
然而,神力女超人依舊是流行文化的試金石和女權主義的象征,在心理學史上永遠留下痕跡。
Published in 1951, Catcher has long been a literary touchstone for alienated high school students.
1951年出版,對于疏離的高中生學生而言,長期以來一直是文學的試金石。
Homosexuality might not be gold, but it must be the touchstone of black and white, of beauty and ugliness in this day and age.
同性戀也許不是金子,但肯定是這個時代黑白美丑的試金石。
The walk is really little more than a cultural touchstone and a literary conceit, the event around which McCann has assembled his cast.
在云端中行走——麥凱恩將他的角色交匯的事件,真的稍甚于文化精粹和文學奇喻。
In the opinion of some old people, traditional modes of thought are the touchstone by which to tell good from bad.
在一些老人看來,傳統的思維模式是分辨是非的試金石。
When a gold coin is rubbed on a touchstone, it leaves a stripe of a particular color.
將試金石與金幣摩擦,金幣會在試金石上留下一條有特殊顏色的條痕。
The ban was brought in by George Bush in 2001 on moral grounds and was a touchstone policy for religious conservatives.
2001年,喬治.布什處于道德倫理方面的考慮下達禁令,此政策成為宗教保守人士的試金石。
The greatest touchstone of any work is time.
時間是檢驗一切的最好的試金石。
Enrollment and employment are the touchstone for assessing the teaching quality of higher vocational colleges.
就業是檢驗高職學院教育教學質量的試金石。
Pic is the first to be distributed by Touchstone under Disney's output deal with DreamWorks.
這是夢工廠與迪士尼簽署發行協議后,第一部由試金石電影公司發行的電影。
The policy and idea about the disaster news report is even more a touchstone of social democratization, legalization in a country or region.
新聞報道政策和觀念是一個國家或地區社會民主化、法制化的晴雨表,災害新聞報道政策和觀念更是一個國家或地區社會民主化、法制化的試金石。
Recognise your GOAL , write it down, and keep it handy as a touchstone.
認出你的目標,把它寫下來,并保持它作為一種方便的試金石。
But, just as with England, Rooney is the true touchstone.
但正如英格蘭國家隊,魯尼才是真正的試金石。
The Touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
試金石是一種能把任何普通的金屬變成純金的小鵝卵石。
Wherever the small force goes, it is a touchstone for grand strategy, shocking joint fires and tactical overmatch.
無論小型化軍隊出現在哪里,它都是大戰略、聯合打擊火力以及以弱勝強戰術的一塊試金石。
Recognition of the Paraclete in the New Prophecy was their touchstone of authenticity.
圣靈認識在新預言是其真實性的試金石。
After 30 years in business, it has become a touchstone in anything having to do with berries in the country.
經過30年的運營,它已經成為任何試金石不得不與在該國的漿果。
Even so on the lonely shore the madman with dusty tawny locks still roamed in search of the touchstone.
在那寂寞的海邊,那頭發垢亂的瘋子,也仍舊徘徊著尋找點金石。
"The fog shows no signs of lifting, " reported Darned, principal bodyguard to King Touchstone.
“霧沒有升起的跡象”,塔齊斯頓國王的首席保鏢丹德報告。
When the world was falling apart, you were my constant, my touchstone.
當世界都四分五裂,你是我的永恒,你是我的試金石。
Increased number of decimals in Touchstone export.
出口數量增加小數的試金石。
The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality.
檢驗契約的標準是平等的觀念。
Our own politics must be the touchstone for all theories.
我們自己的政策應該成為一切理論的試金石。
"A House for Mr. Biswas" is a veritable touchstone for New Yorker critic James Wood, a tough crowd if there ever was one.
對于紐約評論員詹姆斯·伍德來說,《畢斯瓦思先生之屋》是迄今為止一個名副其實的試金石。
So does Amway, that touchstone of American living-room marketing.
安利也一樣快速發展,它可是美國式起居室營銷手段的試金石。
To such consciousness, man is the touchstone in judging and evaluating everything on earth.
在這樣的意識看來,人是判斷和評價地球上所有事物的標準。
Cattle are a cultural touchstone for most South Sudanese.
對大多數南部蘇丹居民來說,牛是一種文化傳統。
Labour productivity, the touchstone for new growth, remains low.
作為衡量經濟新增長尺度的勞動生產率仍然是低的。
Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind.
危難考驗勇氣;疾風知勁草,患難見人心。
That pay has become a touchstone is no surprise.
毫無疑問,薪資已成為一塊試金石。
As long as both sides are really in love, distance is a test of their touchstone.
只要雙方是真心相愛,距離就是考驗他們的試金石。
As the touchstone tries golds, so gold tries man.
試金之石可以試金,正如黃金能試人。
His name was Sameth, the royal son of King Touchstone and the Abhorsen Sabriel.
他的名字叫做薩姆斯,塔奇斯頓國王和阿布霍森薩布莉爾的王子。
The touchstone of true love is whether to demand the return after help.
真愛的試金石:助人是否求回報?
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
試金石可試金,黃金能試人。