| 词汇 | example_english_litmus-test |
| 释义 | Examples of litmus testThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. That is why it functions as a litmustest for the overman; it tests his ability to live without the salvation of meaning. The litmustest for any formal theory lies in its predictive ability. Taking them together we get a good litmustest on recent thinking on the evolution of monetary relations from a political economy perspective. The litmustest was the quantity of goods. The ability of an institution to outlive its initial founder is the litmustest of institutionalisation. In the bilingual case, the litmustest for the presence of lexical sharing is the presence of cross-language semantic priming effects. It forms an enlightening and hitherto unused litmustest of cardenista intentions and abilities in the national process of pushing reform on often reluctant regional actors. The litmustest of any civilisation is not how it treats its majority, but how it treats the minorities that make up that majority. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That is the litmustest for our credibility. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is the market that is the litmustest; it is the market that will decide. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This is a litmustest issue, not just for farmers but, in its knock-on effects, for the rural economy as a whole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although a variety of actions may be relevant, decommissioning would be an extremely good litmustest of their good intentions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Throughout the debate it has been interesting to observe the litmustest of our postbags. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our postbags are a litmustest of public opinion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The third litmustest concerns those who argue for preconditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The litmustest of improvement will be whether passengers receive the performance that they deserve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am a great believer in the litmustest in politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that, above all, that is the litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The key point about the small business litmustest is that all regulation will be considered in the light of its impact on small businesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The forum has an excellent role as a litmustest for proposals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is a significant episode, a sort of litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the litmustest, and it is important, because it means joint involvement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The point is that the veracity of our courts martial system must be subject to a litmustest of fairness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The amendment is the litmustest of that commitment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us come to the litmustest of strikes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The litmustest is quite simply that the matter is urgent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, in this case, we discover a remarkable new principle of applying the litmustest, but then deciding that the result does not matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The litmustest of any society is the way in which it treats the elderly and the vulnerable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, the deregulation initiative has been a major disappointment, and the small business litmustest is not working adequately. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we treat the issue of decommissioning as a litmustest of their intentions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that not a good litmustest of the success or comparative success of investment policies? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This, we believe, is the litmustest of a commitment to greater openness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those have to be judged by the real litmustest: whether passengers perceive that there has been improvement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That will be a litmustest of whether the entire agreement will be followed through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What clearer laboratory or litmustest could there be to show that our methods are genuinely additional? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wanted to use the £3 million as a litmustest of how much was available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Never mind the public—that is their litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The litmustest is what the scheme will do for retention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is right that we should apply these questions as a litmustest to examine government legislation across a whole range of government departments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not take issue with much of what he said, but would ask him to put the motions before us to the litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some called it the small business litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What could be a better litmustest of public feeling than that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The litmustest of this directive is its legal basis. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The litmustest for a constructive role is that finance serves the real economy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The litmustest will be whether we can deliver and open up the market for businesses and give the benefits to our consumers. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I believe that adoption is really the litmustest in determining what children's rights are worth. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English All legislative proposals that affect them now include a small firms litmustest to show the impact of legislation on the sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the ultimate litmustest of a satisfactory system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the litmustest of the motion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Child care provision is a litmustest of a modern civilised society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they do, the litmustest will be the vote on the new clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Its quality and range, together with its scheduling, are a significant litmustest of the way that remit is discharged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The state of press freedom provides a useful litmustest for assessing a country's respect for human rights in general. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The litmustest is whether there is confidence in courts martial proceedings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I regard that case as the litmustest of the new climate of straightforwardness that is alleged to be abroad in our criminal justice system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a litmustest of their good intentions to save the future of the cane refining industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not need a sophisticated analysis of the detail to show us that—we have a simple parliamentary litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a litmustest of whether we are serious in facing up to things that have gone wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the litmustest that we must apply when we are considering any changes to the actively seeking rules. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The way in which a society treats unpopular minorities is a litmustest of the extent of its civilisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our success in achieving a new balance and a new composition will be the litmustest of the reforms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the litmustest by which we should judge the conference—the specificity, the range, the precision and the detail of the commitments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my opinion, the way in which the forthcoming presidential elections are conducted will serve as a litmustest for these changes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The success of our mission – political, economic and military – is the litmustest for our foreign and security policy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There is a litmustest for voting tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Eighty-three is the number; 83 is the litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Grant-maintained schools, however, will be the litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This amendment is a litmustest for those people who profess to believe in parental choice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have become a litmustest of where one stands in the political landscape. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the litmustest, and we shall see what comes burning through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be a useful function—a litmustest—to see exactly how the forum would respond to certain propositions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a simple litmustest of the severity of the recruitment problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Manifestly, that fails our litmustest, which is that the armed forces are not just another public service; they need to be treated differently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We introduced a small business litmustest so that the effect of any proposal on a few typical small firms is considered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The litmustest is surely whether the end result will be enhanced or increased instability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is my litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one should run away from the fact that the forum should be the litmustest of what the negotiators deem should be the proposals for constitutional change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For me, that is the litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had considered it the litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ultimately, that will be the litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Inflation is the litmustest by which we judge ourselves, and there is no doubt that we have not been as successful at containing inflation as we should have been. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need a litmustest whereby we consider how beneficial a rule or regulation will be to the consumer and how much it will cost industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We make this the litmustest of the good faith of these reforms at the very time when we contemplate abolishing these things in our own midst. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe the litmustest of any civilised society is not how we treat a majority, which, interestingly, is made up of so many different minorities. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Experience of human rights work shows that freedom of religion is an important indicator of the situation with respect to human rights; it is a kind of litmustest. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is a simple litmustest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the money is not to be delivered through child benefit, the litmustest of whether the method works is simple: does it benefit the child? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a very important litmustest of preferential choice, and many local authorities will be sensitive to this, more so than they are at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The responses received, however, have significant importance and merit, in that they proved to be a litmustest of a good cross-section of the industrial sectors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So often they are the litmustest by which public confidence in the institution is either won or lost. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has been regarded by one academic commentator as the litmustest of how liberal the standing rules within a legal regime are. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Today, the litmustest is used along with other methods such as past voting records when selecting political candidates. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I do not pass his litmustest on social policy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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