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

• To blend one tone into the next; slur. rapid sliding up or down the musical scale.
  滑移从一个音滑到另一个音；圆润地接连演奏在音阶上迅速滑上或滑下。
• We may offer you allowances on a sliding scale.
  我们也许能给你浮动折扣。
• More striking still, the administration wants to impose a sliding scale of capital charges to "steer" behaviour.
  还有更为惊人的，政府希望实施一项按比例增减的资本收费方式，以“掌控”交易行为。
• The sliding scale, which is based on the World Bank's Standard of Living, is not the most ideal system, Reshef admitted, but it keeps administration costs manageable.
  变化的比例这根据世界银行颁布的的生活水平，晒瑞承认这并不是最理想的制度，但它使行政费用可管理化。
• 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。
• Many practitioners have a sliding scale of fees.
  许多从业者都采用浮动制计费。
• UK income tax is paid on a sliding scale which means that the rate at which you pay tax increases with the level of your income.
  英国的所得税按递进率缴纳，这意味着你缴纳的税率按收入水平的提高而增加。
• 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。
• It's also on a vernier, a sliding scale.
  这也是在游标尺上，可选择的。