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单词
touchstone
释义
touchstone
touch‧stone
/
ˈtʌtʃstəʊn
$
-stoʊn
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
touchstone
Origin:
1500-1600
touchstone
‘stone used for testing the quality of gold and silver’
(16-21 centuries)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
At its core would be using inflation-adjusted interest rates on short-term credit as its
touchstone
in setting policy.
I have believed that since my earliest days, and I have used it as a
touchstone
in all my leadership endeavors.
I knew one little poem by her, when I was very small, and it became a kind of
touchstone
.
It is a
touchstone
for legal definitions and rulings.
Tested against the
touchstone
of Scripture, his speculations would reduce the Bible to the size of a slim paperback.
The
touchstone
of the relationship is commercial.
They tend to regard grammar as the
touchstone
of all language performance.
We had to rethink the issues and create new
touchstones
...
something used as a test or standard
touchstone of
Pupil behaviour was seen as ‘the touchstone of quality’ of the school system.
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