litmus test

英 [ˈlɪtməs test]

美 [ˈlɪtməs test]

n.  石蕊试验

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牛津词典

noun

noun

• 石蕊试验
  a test using litmus

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 试金石；立见分晓的检验办法
  If you say that something is alitmus test ofsomething, you mean that it is an effective and definite way of proving it or measuring it.
  1. Ending the fighting must be the absolute priority, the litmus test of the agreements' validity...
     停火绝对是第一要务，也是检验协议是否有效的试金石。
  2. The success of wind power represents a litmus test for renewable energy.
     风能作为动力的成功是对可再生能源一次立见分晓的检验。

英英释义

noun

• a test that relies on a single indicator
  1. her litmus test for good breeding is whether you split infinitives
• a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions
  Synonym:litmus

双语例句

• Graduation Project& the Litmus Test of the Effect of Higher Vocational Arts Education
  毕业设计&高职艺术教育办学效果的试金石
• A sense of control, according to Anderson, is the litmus test for success.
  据安德森看来，有无控制感是成功的试金石。
• Ending the fighting must be the absolute priority, the litmus test of the agreements 'validity
  停火绝对是第一要务，也是检验协议是否有效的试金石。
• But does aviation really serve as a litmus test for such a transformation?
  但是通过航空业的发展真的能够看出上述转变过程的推进吗？
• To me it's a litmus test for people about who they are and how they perceive the world and how secure they are about themselves.
  我只把这电影当作人们认清他们是谁，他们如何观察这个世界和他们如何看待他们自己的试金石。
• An additional litmus test of the JSP technology's success in meeting its stated objectives is to see whether or not it is possible to achieve this goal in practice; certainly it isn't fair to hold JSP to an impossible standard.
  检验JSP技术是否成功达到其所述目标的另一种方法是看它能否在实践中实现这个目标；显然，如果认为JSP无法实际实现目标，这是不公平的。
• Applying the Service Litmus Test to determine which candidate services are appropriate to expose.
  应用ServiceLitmusTest，以确定候选服务是否适合公开。
• A sense of control is the litmus test for success. The optimist feels in control of his own life.
  有无控制感是成功的试金石。乐观者感到能够掌握自己的命运。
• Apply the litmus test: Can some other presentation technology do this?
  看看最关键的考验：其他一些表示技术能做到这一点吗？
• The ideologues are applying a new litmus test for such deals whether an industry is "surnamed Chinese or surnamed foreign".
  理论家正用新的标准对这些交易进行检验，即一个行业“姓中，还是姓外”。