litmus test
英 [ˈlɪtməs test]
美 [ˈlɪtməs test]
n. 石蕊试验
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.- 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 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。
- Ending the fighting must be the absolute priority, the litmus test of the agreements' validity...
英英释义
noun
- a test that relies on a single indicator
- 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
双语例句
- The president's policy on abortion is regarded as a litmus test of his views on women's rights.
总统在堕胎问题上的政策被视为其在妇女权利上的观点的表露。 - Apply the litmus test: Can some other presentation technology do this?
看看最关键的考验:其他一些表示技术能做到这一点吗? - Now, I would not provide a litmus test.
现在,我不会提供石蕊测试。 - Success and fame are often the litmus test of one's character.
成功和名誉往往是对一个人的人格考验。 - 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”。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Now you'll use Apache Pluto to see if your portlet passes the litmus test of JSR168 compliance.
现在使用ApachePluto来查明portlet是否能通过JSR168兼容性的最终测试。 - 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。