sliding scale

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An example of a sliding scale used to define opposing design traits.
用來定義相反設計特征的浮動比例的例子
It would be best to reward on a sliding scale, but that would increase the complexity of the algorithm significantly.
採用按比例增減的方法是最好的，但那會極大地增加算法的複襍性。
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%.
但喬治•佈朗聰明過頭了，他提出按比例增減計劃使資本增益稅變得異常複襍，之後又來了個大轉彎，提出了18%單一稅率。

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.
這也是在遊標尺上，可選擇的。
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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.