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单词 sliding scale
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sliding scale
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˌslaɪ.dɪŋ ˈskeɪl/us
/ˌslaɪ.dɪŋ ˈskeɪl/
asystemin which therateat which something ispaidchangesas aresultof otherconditions:
滑动折算制，浮动计算法
Charges are made on aslidingscale, whichmeansthat theamountyou mustpayincreaseswith thelevelofyourincome.费用按浮动费率缴纳，这意味着你必须缴纳的金额会随着收入水平的提高而增加。
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(Definition ofsliding scalefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sliding scale| Business English

sliding scale
noun[C,usually singular]
TAX,ACCOUNTING,FINANCE
uk
us
asystemfordecidingpaymentsorratesso that theychangeinrelationtoparticularconditions:
He isconsideringaslidingscaleoffeesforwealthierfamiliesbasedontheirincome.
on a sliding scaleLargegiftsofcapitalaretaxedon aslidingscaleif youdiewithin sevenyearsof giving.
(Definition ofsliding scalefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theslidingscalewas agreed to, but precise details were postponed to subsequent negotiations, since the issue was so controversial and complex.
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In cases like these, the devil is in the details, because it is the details that allow calibration of aslidingscaleof duty.
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Second, among hairdressers, 'specialists' and 'coiffeurs' were the highest-paid categories in a sharplyslidingscale.
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Designing co-payments that are both effective and compatible with the goal of making healthcare available is thus likely to be possible only on an income-sensitiveslidingscale.
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Theslidingscaleis used to measure when the viewer feels they have succeeded in forming expectations or explanations.
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The 1842 corn importation bill had amended the 1828slidingscaleof duties.
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Not only does preservation produce a biased record, it also presents aslidingscaleof resolution.
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Means-tested social pensions are usually provided on aslidingscale.
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This level of risk must always be framed within the context of aslidingscaleas highlighted by the two scenarios discussed above.
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The frequency of these patterns in a corpus yields aslidingscaleof inter-concept subsumption in the associated context.
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If action is required at some point on theslidingscale, though there is no unique point at which it is required, so be it.
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The discrimination is constant and on aslidingscale.
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One way to explain this reaction is to claim that benefit and harm are "incommensurable" and, for that reason, cannot be treated as items on a spread-sheet orslidingscale.
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For if there are discrete positive duties that alone can be legally enforced, then the state's power cannot be specified by aslidingscaleof communal need.
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It is that essential musical quality which, refined by increasing maturity, promises a fruitful reception, wherever one locates the composer on theslidingscaleof avant/arriere-garde.
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