benchmark
UK ['bentʃ.mɑ:k] US [-mɑ:rk] noun countable
■a level of quality which can be used as a standard when comparing other things 基准（点）•Her outstanding performances set a new benchmark for singers throughout the world.她的精彩表演为全世界歌手树立了新典范。
UK ['bentʃ.mɑ:k] US [-mɑ:rk] verb transitive
■to measure the quality of something by comparing it with something else of an accepted standard 用标准衡量•His reports pointed out that we do not have reliability in the sense of all schools being benchmarked against the best.他的报告指出，我们这种把所有学校都按最好学校的要求进行衡量的做法，根本并不可取。 |