yardstick
🇬🇧/ˈjɑːdstɪk/ 🇺🇸/ˈjɑːrdstɪk/If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things. 准绳
noun [抽象名词] 码尺，标准(书面语)
Exam results are not the only yardstick of a school's performance. 考试结果不是衡量学校水平的唯一标准。
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- Profit is not the only yardstick of success. 利润并不是衡量成功的唯一尺度。