yardstick

码尺英释中释nsomething that you compare another thing with, in order to judge how good or successful it is

1 A property slowdown might endanger some projects by this yardstick. It might also hurt the value of the land that local governments have offered as collateral for their borrowings..从这个尺度上看，房地产的冷却或许会影响到一部分项目，同时还可能损害地方政府作为抵押而提供的土地的价值。

2 Our guide has spent the journey telling us that the people of Iran should be our yardstick and not the politics..一路上导游告诉我们，可以用我们的尺度来衡量伊朗人，但不要用政治眼光。