It certainly is for my mother, who always held achievement as the internationalgoldstandard of human worth.
对我母亲来说，确定无疑，功绩、成就是判断人类价值的通用黄金标准。
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But the idea of a common goldstandard entails the free passage of gold from country to country in settlement of international balances, in stabilizing the world's moneys in terms of gold.
但在进行国际结算时，通用的金本位制将导致黄金在国家之间自由流通，以稳定各国货币与黄金的兑换比例。
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That is the belief of those such as Nobel laureate Robert Mundell, who reckons we have a far inferior international monetary system today than we did a century ago under the goldstandard.