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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To me it's a litmus test for people about who they are and how they perceive the world and how secure they are about themselves.
  我只把这电影当作人们认清他们是谁，他们如何观察这个世界和他们如何看待他们自己的试金石。
• 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。
• Whats a quick litmus test to determine if youre on the path to happiness or regret?
  就如一张检验你是在通往幸福还是悔恨的道路上的石蕊试纸一般。
• The Baltics have replaced Berlin as the litmus test of western resolve.
  波罗的海已经取代柏林，成为西方决心的试金石。
• 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”。
• Applying the Service Litmus Test to determine which candidate services are appropriate to expose.
  应用ServiceLitmusTest，以确定候选服务是否适合公开。
• 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？