The AU is a cosmic measuring rod, and the basis of how we scale the Universe today.

天文单位是宇宙的标尺，是我们今天测量宇宙的基础。

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This is like building a building with a measuring rod that constantly changes.

这就好比建造一栋建筑，而测量杆却不停的在变动。

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DIPSTICK, a calibrated rod or stick for measuring a quantity of fluid in a reservoir.

量尺，校准过的棒或尺，用于测定蓄液器内液体的量。

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It can mean a measuring rod. And so it comes to be a list that accounts as authoritative in early Christianity.

量杆的意思，所以它是一列书目,它在早期基督教里是权威的。

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In addition, a bigger proportion of deals are being paid for in cash, a currency which managers tend to harbour more prudently than shares and which is a less forgiving measuring rod.

ECONOMIST: Mergers and acquisitions

We would all be better off if our leaders in government recognized that when we trade, we're exchanging products for products--money merely the measuring rod of value that increases the frequency of exchange.

FORBES: The sheer folly of currency devaluation.