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

• 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。
• 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
• Free amino acid test showed that the quality of pickled vegetables was not affected by adding ginger juice or vitamin C.
  感观鉴定及对游离氨基酸的测定表明，添加姜汁与维生素C对腌渍物的品质无影响。
• However, Apache Derby is fully compliant with the ACID test, and you can use it with confidence to develop Web-based database applications.
  但是，ApacheDerby与ACID测试完全兼容，您可以放心地使用它开发基于Web的数据库应用程序。
• Value of Serum Lipid-Bound Sialic Acid Test Applied to Leukemia
  血清脂质结合唾液酸试验在白血病临床应用中的价值
• 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。
• The acid test of these small-class programmes, of course, is what happens to their graduates.
  当然，对这些小班课程的严峻考验表现在毕业生身上。
• 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。
• 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。
• Essentially, this is the acid test.
  从本质上讲，这才是决定性的考验。