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

• 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。
• 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”。
• I wish there were some easy litmus test that I could just give you so you'd know which of you would be making a mistake taking this class.
  我希望能有一种简单的石蕊测试，让我可以直接展示给你们并让你们知道，你们中的谁上这门课是一个错误。
• 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。
• The Baltics have replaced Berlin as the litmus test of western resolve.
  波罗的海已经取代柏林，成为西方决心的试金石。
• Whats a quick litmus test to determine if youre on the path to happiness or regret?
  就如一张检验你是在通往幸福还是悔恨的道路上的石蕊试纸一般。
• Here's the litmus test you can use in order to determine if you are one.
  你可以用下面的测试来确定一下你是否是个好男人。
• 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。
• This litmus test contains questions such as: Is this service reusable and how many consumers will it have?
  这个测试包含以下问题：这个服务是可重用的吗？它会有多少用户？
• In both of these cases, I take it, Socrates'point is that his own individual moral integrity stands as a kind of litmus test, you might say, for whether to engage or disengage from political life.
  从这两场事件看来，苏格拉底的观点是，他自己个人的道德正直，经得起立见分晓的检验，我们可以看到无论参与，政治生活与否。