litmus test

英 [ˈlɪtməs test]

美 [ˈlɪtməs test]

n. 石蕊试验

机械

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

Now, I would not provide a litmus test.
现在，我不会提供石蕊测试。
A sense of control, according to Anderson, is the litmus test for success.
据安德森看来，有无控制感是成功的试金石。
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。
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。
Apply the litmus test: Can some other presentation technology do this?
看看最关键的考验：其他一些表示技术能做到这一点吗？
The message to the upcoming G8 summit in Japan is that maternal newborn and child mortality are the litmus test of a functioning health system.
给即将在日本召开的八国集团首脑会议传递的信息是：孕产妇、新生儿和儿童死亡率是运转良好的卫生系统的试金石。
The president's policy on abortion is regarded as a litmus test of his views on women's rights.
总统在堕胎问题上的政策被视为其在妇女权利上的观点的表露。
Now you'll use Apache Pluto to see if your portlet passes the litmus test of JSR168 compliance.
现在使用ApachePluto来查明portlet是否能通过JSR168兼容性的最终测试。
The fifth view is more of a litmus test view.
第五种视图更多的是一种LitmusTest视图。