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

• 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。
• 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。
• Senior US officials hope a sliding scale of charges will offer a more deft, less controversial, way to change behaviour than a ban.
  美国高级官员希望，按比例增减的资本收费方式会提供一个更灵活、更少争议的途径，而不是一纸禁令来改变交易行为。
• VAT, resources taxes, and mineral compensation payments should be reduced or exempted while the internationally accepted sliding scale royalty system should be introduced.
  减免石油工业的增值税、资源税和矿产资源补偿费，代之以国际通行的按滑动费率计算的矿区使用费；
• Many practitioners have a sliding scale of fees.
  许多从业者都采用浮动制计费。
• Consider making awards on a sliding scale, so that the employee enjoys a bigger reward if he or she exceeds the performance target.
  考虑按等级发放奖金，让雇员超过绩效目标能得到更多奖金。
• 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。
• Fees are calculated on a sliding scale according to income. Would you like me to record this transaction in your bankbook?
  这种费用是根据收入高低滑动折算的.要不要我把这笔交易记入您的存折？
• Usually, there's a sliding scale.
  通常，我们根据你的下注范围。
• Rapid sliding up or down the musical scale.
  在音阶上迅速滑上或滑下。