sliding scale

英 [ˌslaɪdɪŋ ˈskeɪl]

美 [ˌslaɪdɪŋ ˈskeɪl]

n.  浮动费率制(根据情况上下浮动费率的交纳制度)

牛津词典

noun

• 浮动费率制（根据情况上下浮动费率的交纳制度）
  a system in which the rate at which sth is paid varies according to particular conditions
  1. Fees are calculated on a sliding scale according to income (= richer people pay more) .
     按浮动费率制根据收入高低计算收费。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (工资、税率等按情况变化而调整的)滑准计算法，浮动制
  Payments such as wages or taxes that are calculatedon a sliding scaleare higher or lower depending on various different factors.
  1. Many practitioners have a sliding scale of fees.
     许多从业者都采用浮动制计费。

英英释义

noun

• a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index

双语例句

• Status Offline This will reflect a higher percentage of criteria met at a point in time measured along the1-4 sliding scale.
  这反映，用1-4来表示的尺度上，在与之相对应的时间点所达到的标准值更高。
• Rapid sliding up or down the musical scale.
  在音阶上迅速滑上或滑下。
• We operate a sliding scale of charges.
  我们实行浮动费用制度。
• Late papers will be penalized on a steep sliding scale that makes it worth your while to submit the paper on time rather than trying to wait a week to improve it.
  迟交的论文会得到大幅降分的处罚，所以你按时上交论文是值得的，而不是再用一个星期来修改。
• Once a farmer who has joined the scheme is hospitalized, incurred costs can be reimbursed on a sliding scale.
  曾经一位加入该计划农民住院了，产生的费用按比例垫付。
• We may offer you allowances on a sliding scale.
  我们也许能给你浮动折扣。
• Senior US officials hope a sliding scale of charges will offer a more deft, less controversial, way to change behaviour than a ban.
  美国高级官员希望，按比例增减的资本收费方式会提供一个更灵活、更少争议的途径，而不是一纸禁令来改变交易行为。
• This tends to provide students with a sliding scale of right and wrong rather than a set of absolutes.
  这种教育方式倾向于让学生们获得一种对与错的游标卡尺，而不只是一套绝对的标准。
• In Chicago ninth-grade students were rewarded on a sliding scale for good grades in five courses, including English, maths and science.
  在芝加哥，九年级学生们可以因为英语、数学和科学等五门课程的好成绩而获得阶梯式奖励。
• We may offer you allowance on a sliding scale in order to open up the new market.
  为了开拓市场，我们可以给你浮动折扣。