| 单词 | level |
| 释义 | level (once / 65 pages) 1nadj 2n 3nadjv 4v 5v A level is a position in a scale. Attaining a high level of unemployment is depressing, but getting to a high level on a video game is exciting. The verb level also means to flatten or destroy. For example, a mighty wind will level a grove of trees or a wrecking ball can level a building. As a noun, level notes the position of something on a scale of intensity. You feel a rising level of temperature as the sun gets higher in the sky. As an adjective, level describes something that is even and flat. A level path is easy to walk on. WORD FAMILYlevel: leveled, leveler, leveling, levelled, levelling, levelly, levels, multilevel+/leveler: levelers/leveling: levelings USAGE EXAMPLESJust before Christmas, the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, warned about the high level of debt among UK households. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) Dayton asked of a pivot to the federal level. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) A total of 24 cities are under a pollution “red alert,” the highest warning level in China’s four-tiered system. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1n a relative position or degree of value in a graded group Syn|Hypo|Hyper grade, tier biosafety level the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities A levelthe advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level) GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education, O levelthe basic level of a subject taken in school college levelthe level of education that college students are assumed to have attained biosafety level 1exposure only to infectious agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease biosafety level 2exposure to infectious agents that can cause disease in humans but whose potential for transmission is limited biosafety level 3exposure to infectious agents that can be transmitted by the respiratory route and which can cause serious infection biosafety level 4exposure to exotic infectious agents that pose a high risk of life-threatening disease and can be transmitted as an aerosol and for which there is no vaccine or therapy rank relative status 2n a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process Syn|Hypo|Hyper degree, point, stage ladder ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, topthe highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development extentthe point or degree to which something extends end point, resultantthe final point in a process standard of life, standard of livinga level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group planea level of existence or development state of the artthe highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time ultimacy, ultimatenessthe state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, "the ultimacy of these social values" quickeningthe stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus climaxthe most severe stage of a disease extremitythe greatest or utmost degree profoundnessextremeness of degree state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 3n a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality a high level of care is required Syn|Hypo|Hyper degree, grade caliber, calibre, quality a degree or grade of excellence or worth intensity, intensivenesshigh level or degree; the property of being intense grindthe grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground depthdegree of psychological or intellectual profundity highnessa high degree (of amount or force etc.) higha lofty level or position or degree lowa low level or position or degree lownessa low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.) extremethe furthest or highest degree of something amplitude levelthe level on a scale of amplitude moderateness, moderationquality of being moderate and avoiding extremes immoderateness, immoderationthe quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation SPF, sun protection factorthe degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun high quality, superioritythe quality of being superior inferiority, low qualityan inferior quality force, forcefulness, strengthphysical energy or intensity badness, severeness, severityused of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather emphasis, vehemenceintensity or forcefulness of expression topthe greatest possible intensity ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildnessthe property of being wild or turbulent profoundness, profundityintellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc shallowness, superficialitylack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling golden meanthe middle between extremes reasonablenessmoderation in expectations excess, excessiveness, inordinatenessimmoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits property a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class 4adj of the score in a contest 2Syn even, tied equal having the same quantity, value, or measure as another 1n height above ground the water reached ankle level the pictures were at the same level Hyper altitude, height elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface 2n an abstract place usually conceived as having depth 3a good actor communicates on several levels Syn|Hyper layer, stratum place an abstract mental location 1n a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line park the car on the level Syn|Hypo|Hyper horizontal surface floor, flooring the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) paved surfacea level horizontal surface covered with paving material platforma raised horizontal surface aprona paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used auction block, blocka platform from which an auctioneer sells bandstand, outdoor stage, standa platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air bell decka floor under the bells of an open belfry catwalknarrow platform extending out into an auditorium crow's nestplatform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stumpa platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it dance floora bare floor polished for dancing deckany of various platforms built into a vessel dock, loading docka platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded floorboardthe floor of an automobile fly floor, fly gallerya narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater; stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies footboarda narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet footplatethe platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls foretopa platform at the head of a foremast landingan intermediate platform in a staircase landing stageplatform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded launch area, launch pad, launching pad, launchpad, pada platform from which rockets or space craft are launched monkey bridgea high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room palleta portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it parquet, parquet floora floor made of parquetry pavement, pavingthe paved surface of a thoroughfare dock, pier, wharf, wharfagea platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats ringa platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle road surfacethe paved surface of a paved roadway runwaya strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land runwaya narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc. scaffolda platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) skidpana paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them stagea large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience microscope stage, stagea small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination stairheadplatform at the top of a staircase macadam, tarmac, tarmacadama paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar taxi strip, taxiwaya paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport topplatform surrounding the head of a lower mast truck bedthe floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer turntablea circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played turntablea rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars surface the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary 2n a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale what level is the office on? Syn|Hypo|Hyper floor, storey, story basement, cellar the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage first floor, ground floor, ground levelthe floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building attic, garret, loftfloor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage loftfloor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space entresol, mezzanine, mezzanine floorintermediate floor just above the ground floor artist's lofta factory loft that has been converted into an artist's workroom and living area cellaragea storage area in a cellar cocklofta small loft or garret hayloft, haymow, mowa loft in a barn where hay is stored construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 3n indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid Syn|Hypo|Hyper spirit level mason's level a level longer than a carpenter's level indicator a device for showing the operating condition of some system 4adj having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another acres of level farmland Syn flat, plane even being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with) 5adj being on a precise horizontal plane a billiard table must be level Syn horizontal parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line 6adj oriented at right angles to the plumb the picture is level Syn even being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with) 7v make level or straight level the ground Syn|Hypo|Hyper even, even out, flush grade level to the right gradient strickle, strikesmooth with a strickle stricklelevel off with a strickle in a measuring container aggradebuild up to a level by depositing sediment change surface undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface 8v become level or even The ground levelled off Syn|Hyper level off change surface undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface 9v tear down so as to make flat with the ground The building was levelled Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper dismantle, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down erect, put up, raise, rear, set up construct, build, or erect bulldoze flatten with or as if with a bulldozer destroy, destruct do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of 10adj not showing abrupt variations 4spoke in a level voice "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss Syn unwavering steady not subject to change or variation especially in behavior 1v aim at level criticism or charges at somebody Hyper aim, direct, take, take aim, train point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards 2v direct into a position for use 5Syn|Hyper charge, point point be positionable in a specified manner aim, direct, take, take aim, train point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards v talk frankly with; lay it on the line I have to level with you Hyper speak, talk exchange thoughts; talk with |
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