Sabriel felt the lack of the Charter even more, Touchstone knew.

42 As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.

42试金石试金, 黄金试人.

Labour productivity, the touchstone for new growth, remains low.

作为衡量经济新增长尺度的劳动生产率仍然是低的.

The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality.

检验契约的标准是平等的观念.

He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone.

就这样,他拾了几天的鹅卵石,也没碰到一块试金石.

Not that Touchstone felt at ease in his clothes either.

同样,塔奇斯顿对自己的衣服也觉得不自在.

Calamity is man's true touchstone.

患难是的试金石.

Sabriel and Touchstone joined them, and the twelve huddled together for a moment.

萨布莉尔和塔奇斯顿也和他们混到了一起, 十二个人一时间挤成一团.

We have to set this machine from here to track the Touchstone.

我们必须把我们的仪器设在这儿来探测试金石.

the touchstone for quality

检验质量的标准

" Not the crowd! " roared Touchstone. " Only armed targets! "

“ 别对人群开枪! ” 塔奇斯顿吼道: “ 只瞄准那些有枪的人! ”

She appeared to have in her experience a touchstone for everything.

她的生活经历,似乎使她掌握了一切事物的试金石.

Touchstone frowned and looked at Sabriel.

塔奇斯顿皱了皱眉,看着萨布莉尔.

Adversity is the touchstone of the strong, just as fierce fire is that of gold.

逆境是强者的金石, 就如同金子在烈火中锻造. (塞内加)

Confession remained the touchstone of guilt or innocence.

供词仍旧是作为有罪与无罪的检验标准.

He plays the tough guy in the movie.

他在电影中扮演硬汉。

Whoever wins the election is going to have a tough job getting the economy back on its feet…

不管是谁赢得选举都将面对复苏经济的棘手任务。

It was a very tough decision but we feel we made the right one...

这是个困难的决定，但是我们认为我们做出了正确的选择。

He faces the toughest test of his leadership so far.

他面临迄今为止对自己的领导工作最严峻的考验。

a tough breed of cattle

健壮型的牛

It's about time teachers started to get tough with bullies.

现在教师该对横行霸道的学生开始采取严厉措施了。