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touchstone n.试金石；检验标准 (1) 爱情是美德的试金石。(2) 逆境是人真正的试金石。(3) 时间是检验一切的最好的试金石。(4) 检验契约的标准是平等的观念。 Touchstone as it is defined today comes from an actual stone. In the late 15th century, gold and silver was rubbed, or touched against black quartz — the touchstone — to determine the purity of the metals. This was done by looking at the color of the streaks left on the stone. This is why a touchstone, in the figurative sense as it is used today, is a measuring tool.

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英 ['tʌtʃstəʊn] 美 ['tʌtʃstoʊn] (1) Love is the touchstone of virtue.(2) Adversity is man's true touchstone.(3) The greatest touchstone of any work is time.(4) The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality. Use the noun touchstone to describe a basis for comparison. For example, a filmmaker's touchstone might be her all-time favorite movie; she wants her movie to be that good or similar to it in some way. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]试金石；验证手段；检验标准 If you use one thing as a touchstone of another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing.   [usu N of/for n]Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.工作稳定性已成为很多员工衡量一份工作好坏的标准。

英语单词	touchstone
英美音标	英 ['tʌtʃstəʊn] 美 ['tʌtʃstoʊn]
中文释义	n.试金石；检验标准
英语例句	(1) Love is the touchstone of virtue. (2) Adversity is man's true touchstone. (3) The greatest touchstone of any work is time. (4) The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality.
中文例句	(1) 爱情是美德的试金石。 (2) 逆境是人真正的试金石。 (3) 时间是检验一切的最好的试金石。 (4) 检验契约的标准是平等的观念。
vocabulary简明	Use the noun touchstone to describe a basis for comparison. For example, a filmmaker's touchstone might be her all-time favorite movie; she wants her movie to be that good or similar to it in some way.
vocabulary扩展	Touchstone as it is defined today comes from an actual stone. In the late 15th century, gold and silver was rubbed, or touched against black quartz — the touchstone — to determine the purity of the metals. This was done by looking at the color of the streaks left on the stone. This is why a touchstone, in the figurative sense as it is used today, is a measuring tool.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]试金石；验证手段；检验标准 If you use one thing as a touchstone of another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing. [usu N of/for n] Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees. 工作稳定性已成为很多员工衡量一份工作好坏的标准。

Touchstone Good Stone Job 英 Tʌtʃstəʊn] 美 Tʌtʃstoʊn N.试金石；检验标准