yard,码，stick,棍，引申义准绳，标准。比较canon,gauge.

1. a yardstick by which to measure sth

衡量某事物的标准

2. By any yardstick, that's a large amount of money.

用任何标准衡量, 那都是巨大的金额.

3. The new test provides a yardstick against which to measure children's learning.

新的测试提供了一个标准去检测儿童的学习.

4. This is a yardstick for measuring whether a person is really progressive.

这是衡量一个人是否真正进步的标准.

5. Profit is not the only yardstick of success.

利润并不是衡量成功的唯一尺度.