准绳的英文：
yardstick
- Our guideline would be the prevailing world market prices
我们要以当时的国际市场的价格为准绳。 - She is a yardstick against which I can measure my achievements.
她是一个我可以用来衡量我的成就的准绳。 - Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
你若晓得就说，是谁定地的尺度。是谁把准绳拉在其上。 - The criterion for judging a foreigner could be: Does he try to be polite and considerate to others?
判断外国人的准绳最好是:他是否努力作到客气而又关心旁人。
n. 码尺,准绳
- This is a yardstick for measuring whether a person is really progressive.
这是衡量一个人是否真进步的标准。 - She is a yardstick against which I can measure my achievements.
她是一个我可以用来衡量我的成就的准绳。 - Do you judge other children by the same yardstick as your own?
你用同样的标准衡量你的孩子和其他孩子吗？ - Do you think the TOEFL score is a good yardstick for English proficiency?
你认为托福成绩是一种衡量英语流利程度的好标准吗? - Money is often the yardstick of what we choose to learn and what we choose to ignore.
该学习什么，不学习什么，往往都要拿到金钱的天平来衡量。