yardstick

yardstick regulation 標尺規制 ; 競爭性價格體系模式

common yardstick 公尺度

optical yardstick 光學碼尺 ^[1] 

The book gives a yardstick for measuring assets.

該書為評估資產提供了一種標準。

Exam results are not the only yardstick of a school's performance.

考試結果不是衡量學校水平的唯一標準。

This yardstick tends to be shrugged off by empire builders, but in the long run it is the only one that counts.

這種尺度傾向於被帝國建造者擺脱，但是長期以來它是唯一的測量方式。 ^[1]