yardstick

1. N-COUNT If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things. 準(zhǔn)繩

The book gives a yardstick for measuring assets. 該書爲(wèi)評(píng)估資産提供了一種標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。