acid test

英 [ˌæsɪd ˈtest]

美 [ˌæsɪd ˈtest]

n.  决定性考验; 严峻的考验

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 决定性考验；严峻的考验
  a way of deciding whether sth is successful or true
  1. The acid test of a good driver is whether he or she remains calm in an emergency.
     在紧急情况下能否保持冷静是对一个好司机的严峻考验。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 决定性的试验；严峻的考验
  The acid testof something is an important aspect or result that it might have, which allows you to decide whether it is true or successful.
  1. The acid test of a school is 'would you send your own children there?'
     “你会将自己的孩子送去那里吗？”这一问题是衡量一所学校的试金石。

英英释义

noun

• a rigorous or crucial appraisal

双语例句

• To optimize the extraction process of polysaccharide in indigowoadroot, and the use of phenol-sulphuric acid test of its content.
  从板蓝根中提取多糖，并用苯酚-硫酸测定其含量。
• The ACID test lets developers gauge the utility of a database system.
  ACID测试允许开发人员测量数据库系统的利用率。
• As far as morality goes, it is the acid test for each of us.
  道德的消逝，对我们每个人而言都是严峻的考验。
• These tasks can be collectively referred to as the ACID test; ACID is an acronym for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability.
  这些任务可以合称为ACID测试；ACID是Atomicity（原子性）、Consistency（一致性）、Isolation（隔离性）和Durability（持久性）的缩略词。
• The state of the economy is usually the acid test of any government's success.
  经济状况通常是对政府成功与否的检验。
• The second is that we have witnessed some Euro-paralysis: the crisis has been an acid test for European institutions, and they did not pass the test because of policy inaction.
  第二，我们见证了某种欧洲瘫痪：危机是对欧洲机构的严峻考验，而它们因为政策上的不作为，未能通过考验。
• For performance reasons ( and to satisfy the ACID test), the database spreads data into a number of files.
  由于性能原因（并满足ACID测试），数据库将数据分摊到许多文件中。
• The clinic value of serum salivary acid test for large intestine cancer
  血清唾液酸检测在大肠癌中的临床意义
• We put your invention through the acid test, and, I'm extremely sorry to tell you, failed miserably.
  我们对你的发明进行了严格的试验，但是我非常遗憾地通知你，试验结果是彻底失败的。
• Passing the ACID test is nontrivial, and many simple databases fall short.
  通过ACID测试不容小觑，许多简单的数据库都做不到。