Sliding scale
计算尺, 按比例增减
📖 牛津释义
sliding scale
scale that relates two things, so that they each increase or decrease together 滑动费率, 滑动折算制（相关的两项目相应增减制）
Fees are calculated on a sliding scale according to income, ie Richer people pay more. 这种费用是根据收入高低滑动折算的（富人多付钱）
🧩 词语组成解析
a. 滑行的, 变化的\\n[机] 滑动
scale
[skel]
n. 规模;比例（尺）;鱼鳞;级别;
vt. 测量;攀登;刮去…的鳞片;
vi. 衡量;攀登;（鳞屑）脱落;生水垢;
scale(climb)→登；爬越；音阶；比例尺；规模；尺；尺上的刻度
🗣️ 情景例句
My job offers no room for advancement.
我的工作没什么发展前途。
She says she loves me, but my relatives say she is just after my money.
她说她爱我，但是我的亲友说她只是想要我的钱。
If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours.
如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成了。