barometers

英 [bəˈrɒmɪtəz]

美 [bəˈrɑmɪtərz]

n.  气压计; 晴雨表; (显示经济、社会、政治变化的)晴雨表，标志，指标
barometer的复数

柯林斯词典

• 气压计；气压表；晴雨表
  Abarometeris an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
• N-COUNT 变化的标志；晴雨表
  If something is abarometer ofa particular situation, it indicates how things are changing or how things are likely to develop.
  1. In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country...
     在过去的总统选举中，密苏里州一直是国内其他州的晴雨表。
  2. Our sleep pattern is a barometer to our psychological well-being.
     我们的睡眠模式是心理健康的晴雨表。

双语例句

• That is, we always have. Our social barometers always stand at 'cloudy' and 'overcast.'
  噢，是的，我是说我们一直合不来。我们关系的晴雨表总是'多云转阴'。
• Investors can count on these indices as reliable barometers for evaluating manager skill and gauging index fund performance.
  投资者可以把这些指数当作可靠的评测标准，去评估管理者的技能，测定指数基金的表现。
• One of the most popular barometers of risk appetite the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index has gained almost a fifth since touching a four-year low at the end of October.
  最受欢迎的风险偏好衡量指标之一不包括日本的摩根士丹利资本国际亚洲指数（MSCIAsiaex-Japanindex）自去年10月底触及4年低点以来已上涨近五分之一。
• Every change of season, every change of weather, every hour of the day produces some change in the magical hues and shape of these mountains; and they are regarded by all good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers.
  季节的每一更迭，气候的每一转变，乃至一天中的每一小时，都给这些山峦的奇幻色彩和形态带来变化，远近的主妇都把这些看作是准确的晴雨表。
• Address forms are the best area where social factors influence language and are generally regarded as the barometers of interpersonal relationship.
  称代形式是语言中最易受到社会因素影响的部分，被普遍认为是反映人际关系的晴雨表。
• The second root was the understanding of air pressure which came from Torricelli's work on early barometers.
  第二个基础是由于托里切利在早期气压计方面的研究，人们对大气压已有所了解。
• Money markets in the US and Europe are signalling renewed fears about the financial strength of banks, with key confidence barometers almost returning to the levels that preceded the collapse of Bear Stearns.
  美国和欧洲的货币市场显示，投资者对银行的金融实力再度表现担忧，关键信心指数几乎回到了贝尔斯登（BearStearns）崩盘之前的水平。
• Paul Farmer. "Bad Blood, Spoiled Milk: Bodily Fluids as Moral Barometers in Rural Haiti." 1-79.
  “不健康的血液，变质的牛奶：如同海地农村道德气压计一般的体液”，1-79页。
• What we were doing was looking at three telling bedroom barometers.
  我们主要研究的就是这三个能够体现性满意度的数据指标。
• As advertising agencies often are barometers of economic trends, Publicis's weakness points to a rough ride for China and other emerging markets this year.
  鉴于广告公司的情况通常是经济趋势的晴雨表，Publicis的疲软业绩预示中国等新兴市场今年或遭遇坎坷。