| 释义 |
sliding scaleˌsliding ˈscale noun [countable usually singular]   - Its correlative, a sliding scale of hours to meet unemployment, is now becoming timely.
- So it was that the trade emulated this sliding scale system for the populace at large.
- The disparity between solar noon and mean noon widens and narrows as the seasons change, on a sliding scale.
- The fee is on a sliding scale according to value, and nobody who appraises for us is paid for it.
- The rest of the kitty will be divided among the other 21 clubs on a sliding scale in units of £35,000.
- The Trotskyist movement has long advocated a sliding scale of wages to meet the rising cost of living.
- What was the going rate, his professional self asked, and was it adjusted to a sliding scale?
► BUSINESSabsolute advantage, aggregate demand, AGM, nounagribusiness, nounairline, nounappurtenance, nounassessment, nounbad debt, nounbalance sheet, nounbankroll, verbbankrupt, adjectivebankrupt, verbbankrupt, nounbankruptcy, nounbargain, verbbargain basement, nounbaron, nounbill of sale, nounbiz, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounboom, nounboom and bust, nounboom town, nounbrown goods, nounbubble, nounbudget surplus, business card, nounbusiness cycle, business hours, nounbuyout, nouncapital, nouncapital-intensive, adjectivechamber of commerce, nounclerical, adjectiveconsumer, nounconsumer goods, noundisposable income, noundownturn, noundrive-through, nouneconomically, adverbfinancial, adjectiveflat, adjectivefree enterprise, noungiveaway, adjectiveincrement, nounindustry, nouninflate, verbinflated, adjectiveinflation, nouninflationary, adjectiveinsolvent, adjectiveinstitution, nouninterest, nounintroduction, nounlivery, nounlow season, nounlucrative, adjectiveMBA, nounmemo, nounmentoring, nounnegotiable, adjectivenegotiate, verbnegotiation, nounnon-profit, adjectiveopen, verboperational research, nounowner-occupied, adjectivepack, nounpackage, nounpaperwork, nounpatron, nounpatronage, nounpatronize, verbpay, verbpcm, peppercorn rent, nounpersonal assistant, nounplanned obsolescence, nounpp., quarter, nounquarter day, nounquota, nounquote, verbready-made, adjectivereal estate, nounrebate, nounredeem, verbredevelop, verbrefund, nounrent, nounshutdown, nounsliding scale, nounsubcontract, verbsubcontractor, nountariff, nounundercut, verbundersubscribed, adjective a system for calculating how much you pay for taxes, medical treatment etc, in which the amount that you pay changes according to different conditionson a sliding scale Fees are calculated on a sliding scale. |