weathervane

noun

1. 风向标；风标
   a metal object on the roof of a building that turns easily in the wind and shows which direction the wind is blowing from

1. For four years, Ms Rice has been a sounding board, tutor and weathervane.
   四年来，赖斯是传声筒，是辅导老师，也是风向标。
2. As critics have alleged, Mr Romney is something of a political weathervane.
   正如评论员们所说，罗姆尼堪称一个政治风向标。
3. It was not a cock but a witch on a broomstick that featured on the first weathervane Graham ever made.
   格雷汉姆做的第一个风向标不是公鸡形状的，而是一个在长柄扫帚上的女巫。
4. "Spurgeon was quiet for a few minutes, and then he replied:" I think the weathervane is a good place for those words, because to me they say that God is love, no matter which way the wind blows.
   司布贞沉默片刻，回答“我认为风向标是最好的地方来写这句话，因为无论风往何处吹，神都是爱”。
5. The location of the turret is one of the most important design parameters affecting the dynamic behavior of the FPSO ( Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading system) in terms of the weathervane and the mooring force.
   转塔位置是内转塔式FPSO设计中的重要参数，对风标效应以及运动和系泊力等有重要影响。
6. Ripe futures markets play a role of pricing non-ferrous metal, and futures price may be weathervane to spot price.
   因为成熟的期货市场可以发挥对有色金属的定价功能，期货价格往往成为现货价格的风向标。
7. Listed construction companies as one of the many construction enterprises, has its unique advantages, the construction industry as a whole," the leader "and" weathervane", therefore, causing more and more attention of theoretical and practical circles.
   上市建筑企业作为众多建筑企业中的一员，有其独特的优势，是整个建筑行业的佼佼者和风向标，因此，越来越受到理论界和实务界的重视。
8. Financial objective is not only the public expenditure restructuring of the direction of local fiscal expenditure restructuring is also a weathervane.
   公共财政目标不仅是我国财政支出结构调整的方向，也是地方财政支出结构调整的风向标。

noun

1. mechanical device attached to an elevated structure

   Synonym:    weather vanevanewind vane