The motto is not just empty talk. Instead, it is a real yardstick.

这一校训绝对不是一句空话，而是一个实实在在的尺度。

All the decisions concerning Harvard's fate must be measured and determined by this yardstick.

所有关于学校命运的重大决定都要有这一尺度来做最终的衡量和判断。

By this yardstick, nominal rates are already in restrictive territory.

按照这个准，名义利率已经处于限制范围内。

And one of the more striking yardsticks is here in Baton Rouge.

巴吞鲁日是最引人注目的残骸之一。

I have a yardstick, and I'm not afraid to use it.

我的戒尺正愁没地儿使呢。

Equity analysts who engage in " sum-of-the parts" (SOTP) analysis also try to estimate the value of bits of a business using similar firms as a yardstick.

从事“部分总和”分的股票分试图以类似的公司作为衡量准来评估企业的部分价值。

It finds supernova explosions in remote galaxies and uses the light from the explosion as a yardstick to measure the distance from earth to the galaxy.

哈发现在遥星系发生的超新星爆炸，再用爆炸发出的光做为量尺测量从地球到发生超新星爆炸的星系的距离。

These 5 Golden Rules provide a framework for building and maintaining unbreakable confidence: 1. Know Who You Are: Don't compromise your values or measure yourself by anyone else's yardstick.

这 5 条黄金法则为建立和保持坚不可摧的信心提供了框架：1. 认清自己：不要妥协自己的价值观，不要用别人的准来衡量自己。

Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective. This is not capable of being measured by any of the yardsticks for manual work.

要做该做的事，这是脑力劳动显得有效的关键。要想用体力劳动的尺码来衡量脑力劳动是绝对行不通的。

The MDGs may have helped marginally, by creating a yardstick for measuring progress, and by focusing minds on the evil of poverty.

虽然千年发展目发挥了微小的作用，比如确立了衡量进步的准，以及引起人们对贫困这一不幸的关注。

But one can use a rough-and-ready yardstick: in how many places did the inventors seek a patent for the same technology?

不过，我们可以使用一个简易的准：对于同一项技术，发明者在多少个地方同时寻求获得专利？

As expected, this reference image probably takes forever to compute, but is important to have as a yardstick.

可以预料，这张参照图片大概要花一辈子的时间去计算，但是它是一个非常重要的尺。

This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about " gauge" and " yardstick."

本周《名答疑》，我们将回答关于“测量”和“码尺”的问题。

We know this and yet we continue to use passion as the yardstick to judge everything by, instead of seeing passion for what it really is: the fire that ignites when you start rubbing sticks together.

我们对此心知肚明，但是我们还是继续将热情作为准绳去判断一切，而不是看清热情是什么和为了什么：热情是钻木取火而燃起的火苗。

So I think Alan will become the yardstick against which all future boyfriends will be measured.

我想亚伦会成为用来衡量你未来所有的男朋友的准绳。

Calling something a " yardstick" is to say it is a standard by which to judge something: The teachers used the test results as a yardstick for how much their students learned this year.

把某事物称为“码尺”，意思是说，它是评判事情的准：老用考试成绩来衡量学生今年学到了多少东西。

When new solutions pop up in the future, this dataset can be used as a yardstick to compare results with.

将来有新的算法时，这个数据集可以作为比较的杆。

Metrics, rankings, lead tables have emerged as the yardsticks for which merit can be quantified and used to sort young people into schools, classes and colleges.

指、排名、排名表已经成为衡量学生成绩的准，并被用来将年轻人在校园中划分等级。

Now let's move onto " gauge." Like " yardstick, " a " gauge" involves measurement.

现在让我们看看gauge。像“码尺”一样，gauge涉及测量。

I am confused by the words, " gauge" and " yardstick" .

我被gauge和yardstick这两个词搞糊涂了。