sliding scale

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An example of a sliding scale used to define opposing design traits.
用来定义相反设计特征的浮动比例的例子
It would be best to reward on a sliding scale, but that would increase the complexity of the algorithm significantly.
采用按比例增减的方法是最好的，但那会极大地增加算法的复杂性。
But Gordon Brown is too clever by half. He introduced a sliding scale that made capital-gains tax highly complex, and then reversed himself, introducing a single rate of 18%.
但乔治•布朗聪明过头了，他提出按比例增减计划使资本增益税变得异常复杂，之后又来了个大转弯，提出了18%单一税率。

If I could choose the language in which I spoke to you, I would choose to speak in Gaelic, the sliding scale,the sussuration of breath, The sound of water beating between us."
It's also on a vernier, a sliding scale.
这也是在游标尺上，可选择的。
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Privacy, especially user-defined privacy, sits on a sliding scale that is defined by the individual.
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Low-income individuals and families would receive sliding scale subsidies to help them purchase insurance.
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a system in which the rate at which something is paid changes as a result of other conditions

Payments such as wages or taxes that are calculated on a sliding scale are higher or lower depending on various different factors.