litmus test
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT If you say that something is a litmus test of something, you mean that it is an effective and definite way of proving it or measuring it. 立見分曉的檢驗辦法[usu sing, usu N 'of/for' n]
Ending the fighting must be the absolute priority, the litmus test of the agreement's validity. ?;鸾^對是第一要務(wù),也是檢驗協(xié)約是否有效的試金石。
The success of wind power represents a litmus test for renewable energy. 風(fēng)能利用的成功是對可再生能源的一次立見分曉的檢驗。
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litmus test /?l?tm?s t?st/ (litmus tests)
劍橋詞典
- a test to find out if a substance is acid or alkaline
石蕊測試,酸堿測試
[ 通常作為單數(shù)使用的名詞 ]
someone's decision or opinion about something that suggests what they think about a wider range of related things
(具有更廣泛意義的)決定,意見
The president's policy on abortion is regarded as a litmus test of his views on women's rights . 總統(tǒng)在墮胎問題上所采取的政策表明他對女性權(quán)利的總體看法。 返回 litmus test