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

• Now, I would not provide a litmus test.
  现在，我不会提供石蕊测试。
• 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。
• Do you see some sort of litmus test?
  您认为有某种类似石蕊试纸的东西可以帮助判断吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You can discover the acidity of the solution with a litmus test.
  你可用石蕊来测试溶液的酸度。
• 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”。
• 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。
• The message to the upcoming G8 summit in Japan is that maternal newborn and child mortality are the litmus test of a functioning health system.
  给即将在日本召开的八国集团首脑会议传递的信息是：孕产妇、新生儿和儿童死亡率是运转良好的卫生系统的试金石。