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a yardstick for (doing) sth
yardstick 是可数名词，复数形式为 yardsticks；常与 for 搭配引出评价对象。
Exam results are not the only yardstick for measuring a school's success.
考试成绩并不是衡量学校成功的唯一标准。
衡量标准；准绳；尺度
yardsticks — plural of yardstick
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
衡量标准；准绳；尺度
a standard or measure used for comparison or judgment
Exam results are not the only yardstick for measuring a school's success.
考试成绩并不是衡量学校成功的唯一标准。
此处指评判标准，不是实际量尺。
长三十六英寸(一码)的测量尺。
A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.
比较用的衡量标准
a measure or standard used for comparison
判断其他测量或比较的标准。
A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.
三英尺长的尺子或卷尺
a ruler or tape that is three feet long
Customer satisfaction is the best yardstick for measuring our service quality.
客户满意度是衡量我们服务质量的最佳标准。
AI contextual example
Test scores are not the only yardstick of a student's progress.
考试分数不是衡量学生进步的唯一标尺。
AI contextual example
We need a common yardstick to compare the two proposals fairly.
我们需要一个共同的标准来公平比较这两个提案。
AI contextual example
on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?
他以什么样的标准作为判断依据?
WordNet
yardstick 是可数名词，复数形式为 yardsticks；常与 for 搭配引出评价对象。
Exam results are not the only yardstick for measuring a school's success.
考试成绩并不是衡量学校成功的唯一标准。
as a yardstick 中 as 意为“作为”，后接比较的参照物。
They used last year's sales figures as a yardstick for comparison.
他们用去年的销售数据作为比较的尺度。
against 表示“以……为参照”，强调对比或评估的动作。
We should measure our progress against a clear yardstick.
我们应该用明确的标准来衡量自己的进步。
Not this
Yardstick is important for comparison.
Use this
A yardstick is important for comparison.
yardstick 是可数名词，单数形式不能没有冠词；中文没有冠词概念，所以容易漏掉 a/an 或 the。
Not this
We can yardstick the quality by price.
Use this
We can measure the quality by price.
yardstick 是名词，不能直接当动词用；表达“衡量”需要用动词 measure 或 use something as a yardstick。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
衡量…的标准
Price is not the only yardstick for quality.
价格不是衡量质量的唯一标准。
…的准绳
Test scores are a yardstick of student performance.
考试分数是衡量学生表现的一个准绳。
提供衡量标准
These figures provide a yardstick for measuring growth.
这些数字为衡量增长提供了标准。
共同的衡量标准
We need a common yardstick to compare different systems.
我们需要一个共同的衡量标准来比较不同的体系。
作为衡量标准
The agreement serves as a yardstick for future negotiations.
该协议是未来谈判的衡量标准。
衡量……的标准
The test is a yardstick for measuring students' progress.
这项测试是衡量学生进步的标准。
用同样的标准
We should judge all candidates by the same yardstick.
我们应该用同样的标准来评判所有候选人。
无论用什么标准
By any yardstick, her performance was outstanding.
无论按什么标准，她的表现都很出色。
Use yardsticks naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
yard（码）+stick（棍）=码尺；想象用一把码尺量东西，它就成了衡量长短的标准，引申为“衡量事物的准绳”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：evaluation and comparison、business performance、academic writing 该词表示“衡量标准/准绳”时，语气中性偏正式，多用于评估、比较等正式或书面语境；日常口语中较少使用。
所给的词都以 -stick 结尾，并带有非重读的 /stɪk/，但它们与 yardstick /ˈjɑrdˌstɪk/ 并不押韵：yardstick 的重音在第一个音节 /jɑr/ 上，而押韵要求重读元音及其后的音相同。拼写上相似的 -stick 词（如 lipstick /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/、broomstick /ˈbrumˌstɪk/）只是结尾拼写和发音相同，元音和重音不同，属于形近音异。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.