criterion
noun [ C ] uk/kraɪˈtɪə.ri.ən/ us/kraɪˈtɪr.i.ən/ criteria uk/-ri.ə / us/-ˈtɪr.i.ə /
C1 （作出评判、决定或处理的）标准，准则
a standard by which you judge, decide about, or deal with something
The Health Service should not be judged by financial criteria alone. 公共医疗卫生服务不应仅仅以财务状况的好坏为标准来评判。
Compare: measure nounstandard nountouchstoneyardstick (STANDARD)
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- Patients can now be compulsorily detained in hospital only under tightly drawn criteria.
- The Health Service should not be judged by financial criteria alone.
- We're looking for a very specific sort of person and this woman seems to fulfil all of our criteria.
- More specific and less subjective criteria should be used in selecting people for promotion within the company.