| 释义 |
stan·dard·ize
\ˈstandə(r)ˌdīz, -aan-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: standard (I) + -ize
transitive verb
1. : to reduce to or compare with a standard : determine the strength, value, or quality of by comparison with a standard
< standardize a solution >
< standardize a voltmeter >
2. : to bring into conformity with a standard : make uniform
< standardized education >
< standardized concert repertory >
3. : to arrange or order the component items of a test (as of intelligence, achievement, or personality) so that the probability of their eliciting a designated class of response varies with some quantifiable psychological or behavioral attribute, function, or characteristic
intransitive verb
: to adopt a specified product or method as the only one to be produced or utilized
< believed the Russians had standardized on an A-bomb of considerably greater power — H.W.Baldwin > |