look up to as the standard;take sth as the only norm(/code of conduct); hold up as a model
❍ 适应之说，迄今日学人犹～。(鲁迅《坟·人之历史》) The theory of the survival of the fittest is still taken as the only norm by the scholars up to now.
奉为圭臬fènɡ wéi ɡuī niè
圭：测日影的器具；臬：射箭的靶子。圭臬：比喻事物的准则。把某些事物、言论奉为准则。take sth. as the pattern, hold up as a model, look upon as a pattern