benchmark

英 ['ben(t)ʃmɑːk] 美['bɛntʃmɑrk]

• n. 基准；标准检查程序
• vt. 用基准问题测试（计算机系统等）

1. a standard by which something can be measured or judged;

"his painting sets the benchmark of quality"

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