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gold standard
- IPA[ˌɡōl(d) ˈstandərd]
美式
- the system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, for which the currency could be exchanged. The gold standard was generally abandoned in the Depression of the 1930s.;the best, most reliable, or most prestigious thing of its type
noun: gold standard, plural noun: gold standards
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, for which the currency could be exchanged. The gold standard was generally abandoned in the Depression of the 1930s.
- ▪ the best, most reliable, or most prestigious thing of its type you can't rely on lab tests as being the gold standard