单词	benchmark
释义	benchmark1 nounbenchmark2 verb benchmarkbench‧mark1 /ˈbentʃmɑːk $ -mɑːrk/ ●○○ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES In the 1960s and 1970s the Swedish political system was regarded as a benchmark for other European countries. The index rate is the benchmark used by lenders to set the mortgage rate. Under Coach Wooden, UCLA men's basketball was so successful it was the benchmark other teams measured themselves against. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Besides, food and exercise guidelines may not be the conclusive benchmark for mortality after all. The book has been hailed as a benchmark in the debate on communication and social transformation. The valuation becomes a benchmark against which to judge sellers' expectations and offers received. This guide price will obviously be a useful benchmark from which to evaluate any indicative offers. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora standard by which something is judged► standard a level of quality, skill, achievement etc by which something is judged: · Shakespeare is the standard against which all playwrights must be measured.· Many Europeans who consider themselves to be poor are rich by the standards of some Third World countries. ► scale a set of standards, levels, or degrees against which you can compare and judge things: · On a scale of one to ten, ten being best, his new movie is a two.· The researchers devised a scale to measure people's attitudes toward certain types of behavior. ► criterion a standard you use in order to judge people or things, especially one that may be different from the standard used by other people or organizations: · The company's criterion for success is high sales.· Changing the college admissions criteria will have a serious effect.set of criteria (=group of standards): · The group ranks cities according to its own set of criteria. ► benchmark a very high standard of quality, achievement, or excellence, against which all other things have to be compared and judged: · Under Coach Wooden, UCLA men's basketball was so successful it was the benchmark other teams measured themselves against.benchmark for: · In the 1960s and 1970s the Swedish political system was regarded as a benchmark for other European countries. ► yardstick a person or thing that you compare another person or thing with, in order to judge how good or successful they are: · Many teachers say the primary school tests are not a useful educational yardstick.yardstick for: · The hospital has developed a treatment for cancer which has become the yardstick for all other treatments. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► provide · The right-hand side provides a benchmark against which all portfolios may be assessed.· This provides a benchmark for sales in areas where several stores serve the same communities. ► set · The Aussies have set the benchmark.· The initiative will seek to identify the best examples of environmental management to be used for setting a benchmark for the future. something that is used as a standard by which other things can be judged or measured:  benchmark data The valuation becomes a benchmark against which to judge other prices.benchmark for figures that are a useful benchmark for measuring the company’s performancebenchmark of results that are used as a benchmark of success benchmark1 nounbenchmark2 verb benchmarkbenchmark2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE benchmark Simple Form Present I, you, we, they benchmark he, she, it benchmarks Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they benchmarked Present perfect I, you, we, they have benchmarked he, she, it has benchmarked Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had benchmarked Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will benchmark Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have benchmarked Continuous Form Present I am benchmarking he, she, it is benchmarking you, we, they are benchmarking Past I, he, she, it was benchmarking you, we, they were benchmarking Present perfect I, you, we, they have been benchmarking he, she, it has been benchmarking Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been benchmarking Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be benchmarking Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been benchmarking to use a company’s good performance as a standard by which to judge the performance of other companies of the same typebenchmark somebody/something against something British Steel is benchmarked against the best operations anywhere in the world.—benchmarking noun [uncountable]
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