point of reference

基本解释

In other cases, the business object model simply served as a consistent point of reference for understanding the customer's domain.
在其他一些情况下，业务对象模型简单的作为一个为理解客户领域的引用的结合点来使用。
It is difficult to determine how we could have influenced the project here, apart from delivering good quality code by the DCUT date and using this as a point of reference for the next deliverable.
除了递交按 DCUT 日期的高质量代码和以之作为下一个可交付版本的参考点之外，很难决定我们这里对项目产生的影响。
These artifacts must always be at hand before, during and after a project, because they offer a primary point of reference for planning, design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization methods.
在项目开始之前、进行期间以及结束之后，这些工件必须始终记在心里，因为它们提供了规划、设计、实施、维护及优化方法参考的要点。

And for reference, incidentally, in case you ever forget what the point of some exercise was, I'll almost always comment the code up top with a quick sentence or two that reminds you what this program does.
顺便作为参考，为了避免我们可能忘记一些代码的意思，我通常会用一两个简单的句子,在上面作出注释,那样会提醒我们这个程序是干嘛的。
哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选
To change a reference point from this point here being zero instead of this point here being zero.
这样就得到了,开尔文温标。
麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选
The point is that there are inertial frames of reference.
重点就是,惯性参考系是存在的
耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

As a point of reference the US has about 250 retail stores while China has 11.
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A point of reference is something that you use to help you understand a situation or communicate with someone.