standard

1. N-COUNT A standard is a level of quality or achievement, especially a level that is thought to be acceptable. (尤指可被接受的) 水平

The standard of professional cricket has never been lower. 職業(yè)板球的水平從來沒這么低過。

2. N-COUNT A standard is something that you use in order to judge the quality of something else. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

...systems that were by later standards absurdly primitive. …按照后來的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)衡量顯得極其原始的系統(tǒng)。

3. N-PLURAL Standards are moral principles which affect people's attitudes and behaviour. 道德水準(zhǔn)

My father has always had high moral standards. 我父親一直有著很高的道德水準(zhǔn)。

4. ADJ You use standard to describe things which are usual and normal. 常規(guī)的

It was standard practice for untrained clerks to advise in serious cases such as murder. 讓未經(jīng)訓(xùn)練的職員們在諸如謀殺等重案中提出建議是常規(guī)的做法。

5. ADJ A standard work or text on a particular subject is one that is widely read and often recommended. 權(quán)威的; 廣泛認(rèn)可的[ADJ n]

At twenty he translated Euler's standard work on algebra into English. 20歲時(shí)，他把尤勒的權(quán)威代數(shù)著作譯成了英語。