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

• To optimize the extraction process of polysaccharide in indigowoadroot, and the use of phenol-sulphuric acid test of its content.
  从板蓝根中提取多糖，并用苯酚-硫酸测定其含量。
• 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 second is that we have witnessed some Euro-paralysis: the crisis has been an acid test for European institutions, and they did not pass the test because of policy inaction.
  第二，我们见证了某种欧洲瘫痪：危机是对欧洲机构的严峻考验，而它们因为政策上的不作为，未能通过考验。
• 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。
• 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 ACID test lets developers gauge the utility of a database system.
  ACID测试允许开发人员测量数据库系统的利用率。
• As far as morality goes, it is the acid test for each of us.
  道德的消逝，对我们每个人而言都是严峻的考验。
• First, you should get acquainted with the ACID test, which provides a succinct encapsulation of the basic tenets of a relational database.
  首先，应熟悉ACID测试，它提供了对关系数据库基本原则的压缩封装。
• 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。
• Free amino acid test showed that the quality of pickled vegetables was not affected by adding ginger juice or vitamin C.
  感观鉴定及对游离氨基酸的测定表明，添加姜汁与维生素C对腌渍物的品质无影响。