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

• 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。
• We may offer you allowances on a sliding scale.
  我们也许能给你浮动折扣。
• 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。
• Fees is calculated on a sliding scale according to income.
  这种费用是根据收入高低滑动折算的。
• However, Ms Schapiro appears keen to rein in the credit derivatives sphere, using incentives such as sliding scale of capital and margin requirements to push as much activity as possible on to exchange and clearing houses.
  不过，夏皮罗似乎热衷于掌控信用衍生品领域，她推出了降低资金要求和保证金要求等激励措施，以吸引尽可能多的交易活动通过交易所和清算所进行。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's also on a vernier, a sliding scale.
  这也是在游标尺上，可选择的。
• It is a sliding scale of pampering.
  这是按级别分配的。
• 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。