litmus test

英 [ˈlɪtməs test]

美 [ˈlɪtməs test]

n. 石蕊试验

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牛津词典

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

You can discover the acidity of the solution with a litmus test.
你可用石蕊来测试溶液的酸度。
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？
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。
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。
Here's the litmus test you can use in order to determine if you are one.
你可以用下面的测试来确定一下你是否是个好男人。
The fifth view is more of a litmus test view.
第五种视图更多的是一种LitmusTest视图。
I wish there were some easy litmus test that I could just give you so you'd know which of you would be making a mistake taking this class.
我希望能有一种简单的石蕊测试，让我可以直接展示给你们并让你们知道，你们中的谁上这门课是一个错误。
Do you see some sort of litmus test?
您认为有某种类似石蕊试纸的东西可以帮助判断吗？
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。