acid test

英 [ˌæsɪd ˈtest]

美 [ˌæsɪd ˈtest]

n.  决定性考验; 严峻的考验

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 决定性考验；严峻的考验
  a way of deciding whether sth is successful or true
  1. The acid test of a good driver is whether he or she remains calm in an emergency.
     在紧急情况下能否保持冷静是对一个好司机的严峻考验。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 决定性的试验；严峻的考验
  The acid testof something is an important aspect or result that it might have, which allows you to decide whether it is true or successful.
  1. The acid test of a school is 'would you send your own children there?'
     “你会将自己的孩子送去那里吗？”这一问题是衡量一所学校的试金石。

英英释义

noun

• a rigorous or crucial appraisal

双语例句

• Can Jones beat smith? That's the acid test.
  琼斯能击败史密斯吗？那是个严峻的考验。
• Essentially, this is the acid test.
  从本质上讲，这才是决定性的考验。
• Application Study of the Blood Lactic Acid Test in the Jiangsu Middle-Distance Race Group
  血乳酸测试在江苏田径队中跑组训练中的应用研究
• The acid test of these small-class programmes, of course, is what happens to their graduates.
  当然，对这些小班课程的严峻考验表现在毕业生身上。
• Concluding the round is an acid test of whether we have the collective will to do so.
  完成多哈回合是对我们是否具备这样做的共同意愿的严峻考验。
• The state of the economy is usually the acid test of any government's success.
  经济状况通常是对政府成功与否的检验。
• For critical e-business or Web-based applications, passing the ACID test is a must.
  对于关键的电子商务或基于Web的应用程序，通过ACID测试是必不可少的。
• The acid test of a good driver is whether he remains calm in an emergency.
  衡量驾驶员水平的决定性考验，就是看他在紧急关头能否保持镇静。
• We put your invention through the acid test, and, I'm extremely sorry to tell you, failed miserably.
  我们对你的发明进行了严格的试验，但是我非常遗憾地通知你，试验结果是彻底失败的。
• The clinic value of serum salivary acid test for large intestine cancer
  血清唾液酸检测在大肠癌中的临床意义