Definition
标杆（biāo gān）原指测量员用的标杆，后来引申为“榜样、模范”，常用于指可以效仿的优秀人物或标准。注意：作为测量工具时是具体名词；作为抽象比喻时是评价性名词，常出现在“行业标杆”“树立标杆”等搭配中，在中文语境下带有很强的正面色彩。
noun
surveyor's polebenchmarkmodelexamplestandard worth emulating
Examples
- 标杆，。Zhège qǐyè shì hángyè biāo gān, hěnduō gōngsī dōu zài xué tā.This company is a benchmark for the industry; many firms are learning from it.
- 标杆。Tāmen yòng biāo gān cèliáng le gōngdì de dìxíng.They used a surveyor's pole to measure the terrain of the construction site.
- 标杆，。Tā shì wǒmen gōngsī de biāo gān, gōngzuò tàidù zhídé měi gè rén xuéxí.She is a model employee in our company; her work attitude is worth learning from everyone.
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