1、Patents are the most widely used yardstick, but they are an imperfect gauge of innovation at best.
专利虽然是使用最广泛的标准，至多也只是对创新作一个粗略的估计。
2、Our paycheck, our title, or some other artificial yardstick gives us temporary entrée into the world of The Accepted.
我们的薪水，头衔或者其他人为的标准让我们临时步入所谓的上流社会。
3、"Science is a wide spectrum; peer reviewed publications is but one [part] in the spectrum," he said. "Research relevant to India will be shown poorly by this yardstick," he added.
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