1.[ususing]~ (of/for sth)试金石;检验标准something that provides a standard against which other things are compared and/or judged
the touchstone for quality检验质量的标准
Touchstone still found it odd to see Sabriel dressed in Ancelstierran clothes, particularly their court clothes, as she was wearing today.
塔齐斯顿偶尔会发现萨布莉尔穿着安塞斯蒂尔的衣服,尤其是他们的法庭服装,同样她今天也穿着。
But the metal is something of a touchstone on the supply side, too.
金属原料的价格常常成为供应方的试金石。
Emerson was a touchstone, and Salinger often quoted him in letters.
艾默生是一块试金石,塞林格经常在信里引用他的话。
Both ABC and Touchstone seem to be genuinely pleased with the results.
ABC和正金石影业对这个结果十分满意。
Two years after he outlined his theory, it is still a touchstone in design circles for discussing Apple and its rivals.
即使在理论发表两年后,当设计圈中谈及苹果和它的竞争对手时,这条理论仍然是一条准则。
Nonetheless, Wonder Woman remains a touchstone of popular culture, a symbol of feminism and an enduring piece of psychology history.
然而,神力女超人依旧是流行文化的试金石和女权主义的象征,在心理学史上永远留下痕迹。
Published in 1951, Catcher has long been a literary touchstone for alienated high school students.
1951年出版,对于疏离的高中生学生而言,长期以来一直是文学的试金石。
Homosexuality might not be gold, but it must be the touchstone of black and white, of beauty and ugliness in this day and age.
同性恋也许不是金子,但肯定是这个时代黑白美丑的试金石。
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——麦凯恩将他的角色交汇的事件,真的稍甚于文化精粹和文学奇喻。
In the opinion of some old people, traditional modes of thought are the touchstone by which to tell good from bad.
在一些老人看来,传统的思维模式是分辨是非的试金石。
When a gold coin is rubbed on a touchstone, it leaves a stripe of a particular color.
将试金石与金币摩擦,金币会在试金石上留下一条有特殊颜色的条痕。
The ban was brought in by George Bush in 2001 on moral grounds and was a touchstone policy for religious conservatives.
2001年,乔治.布什处于道德伦理方面的考虑下达禁令,此政策成为宗教保守人士的试金石。
The greatest touchstone of any work is time.
时间是检验一切的最好的试金石。
Enrollment and employment are the touchstone for assessing the teaching quality of higher vocational colleges.
就业是检验高职学院教育教学质量的试金石。
Pic is the first to be distributed by Touchstone under Disney's output deal with DreamWorks.
这是梦工厂与迪士尼签署发行协议后,第一部由试金石电影公司发行的电影。
The policy and idea about the disaster news report is even more a touchstone of social democratization, legalization in a country or region.
新闻报道政策和观念是一个国家或地区社会民主化、法制化的晴雨表,灾害新闻报道政策和观念更是一个国家或地区社会民主化、法制化的试金石。
Recognise your GOAL , write it down, and keep it handy as a touchstone.
认出你的目标,把它写下来,并保持它作为一种方便的试金石。
But, just as with England, Rooney is the true touchstone.
但正如英格兰国家队,鲁尼才是真正的试金石。
The Touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
试金石是一种能把任何普通的金属变成纯金的小鹅卵石。
Wherever the small force goes, it is a touchstone for grand strategy, shocking joint fires and tactical overmatch.
无论小型化军队出现在哪里,它都是大战略、联合打击火力以及以弱胜强战术的一块试金石。
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