\\\"on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?\\\"
a ruler or tape that is three feet long
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For everyday purpose, that standard object could be a yardstick or meter stick. 在日常實用中，標準物也許是碼尺或米尺。
We shall use it as a yardstick in the following brief survey of the theories of static fatigue. 我們在下面的靜態(tài)疲勞理論的主要研究中將用它作為一個衡量的尺度。
The right of a people to decide their own destiny, to make their way in freedom, is not to be measured by the yardstick of colour or degree of social development. 一個民族決定自己的命運，自由地走自己的路的權(quán)利，是不能用膚色或社會發(fā)展程度等尺度來衡量的。