yardstick是什么意思

音标:英 [ˈjɑ:dstɪk]美 [ˈjɑrdˌstɪk]

码尺, 计算标准, 准绳[法] 尺度, 衡量标准, 任何评判或比较的标准

a measure or standard used for comparison
a ruler or tape that is three feet long

yardstick的用法和例句：

1. Hard to, if not impossible, to put a yardstick on that.

难说 要估量也不是不可能

2. I'm not gonna be the yardstick in a measuring contest.

我才不要做这种幼稚比赛的裁判呢

3. This touchyfeely stuff is crazy. I was taught by a nun with a yardstick, and I turned out great.

这种互动教育太傻了 我是由一个 拿着码尺的修女教出来的 嘛事儿没有

4. Um, disabled people are not the yardstick to measure how much shittier your life could be.

残疾人不是衡量 你生活有多糟的标准