benchmark

1. N-COUNT A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared. 衡量基準(zhǔn)

The truck industry is a benchmark for the economy. 卡車産業(yè)是衡量經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的基準(zhǔn)。