benchmark

noun

1. a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

Synonym: bench mark

2. a standard by which something can be measured or judged

e.g. his painting sets the benchmark of quality

1. 基准；水准点；衡量尺度
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.

e.g. The truck industry is a benchmark for the economy.
卡车业是衡量经济的一个基准。

1.

1. 基准测试程序：* 系统选型与配置 * 模拟(simulation)与仿真(emulation) * 系统模型和分析技术 * 典型基准测试程序(benchmark) * 其它的系统评价方法

2. benchmark的近义词

2. 基准点：基准点和参照系:基准点(benchmark)是为了建立参照系而界定的理想经济环境,如完全信息,完全竞争,无外部性的经济环境,从而得出这些理想经济环境下的理想结果,因而基准点是相对于非理性经济环境和所要发展新的理论而言的.