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

• 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。
• Graduation Project& the Litmus Test of the Effect of Higher Vocational Arts Education
  毕业设计&高职艺术教育办学效果的试金石
• This litmus test contains questions such as: Is this service reusable and how many consumers will it have?
  这个测试包含以下问题：这个服务是可重用的吗？它会有多少用户？
• In general, the litmus test for separating honesty from corruption in official circles is money.
  一般来说，鉴别官场上廉洁与腐败的试金石是金钱。
• 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。
• As part of governing the SOA lifecycle, candidate services need to conform to a service litmus test, whose answers can establish a set of criteria to qualify a service.
  在SOA生命周期治理过程中，需要对候选服务进行资格测试，测试的结果可以建立一套确定服务质量的条件。
• 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。
• An additional litmus test of the JSP technology's success in meeting its stated objectives is to see whether or not it is possible to achieve this goal in practice; certainly it isn't fair to hold JSP to an impossible standard.
  检验JSP技术是否成功达到其所述目标的另一种方法是看它能否在实践中实现这个目标；显然，如果认为JSP无法实际实现目标，这是不公平的。
• 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。
• The litmus test for a component model is: Can you buy components from third-party vendors and plug them into your application?
  组件模型的关键考验就是：能否从第三方供应商购买组件，并把它们插入应用程序？