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单词 touchstone
释义
touchstonetouch‧stone /ˈtʌtʃstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtouchstone
Origin:
1500-1600 touchstone ‘stone used for testing the quality of gold and silver’ (16-21 centuries)
Examples
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  • 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 standardtouchstone of Pupil behaviour was seen as ‘the touchstone of quality’ of the school system.
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