名词石蕊试验，试金石，最后的检验
1. 石蕊试验：litre 升 | litmus test 石蕊试验 | litmus pencil 石蕊试笔
2. 单一面向的检验：last resort 最后的手段 | litmus test 单一面向的检验 | macho man 大男人
1. 试金石；立见分晓的检验办法
If you say that something is a litmus test of something, you mean that it is an effective and definite way of proving it or measuring it.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
1. But it serves as a litmus test on the willingness of domestic banks to carry out internal reforms.
2. litmus test
2. The trip to Turf Moor will serve as a litmus test of Wenger's ability to find solutions.
3. Does the litmus test of our allegiance hinge on a specific time and place?
4. This is a " litmus test " for the UN, he added.
5. The NATO leaders will devote their Saturday discussions almost entirely to Afghanistan, which is described as a litmus test for the alliance.
6. But the real litmus test is how many locals actually eat there.
7. The local elections are widely regarded as a litmus test of parliamentary elections later this year.
8. Purists would argue that any new tax must pass the litmus test for neutrality.
noun
1. a test that relies on a single indicator
e.g. her litmus test for good breeding is whether you split infinitives
2. a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions
used as a very rough acid-base indicator
Synonym: litmus