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in AM, use 美国英语用 leveling, leveled 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]水平；程度；等级 A level is a point on a scale, for example a scale of amount, quality, or difficulty. If you don't know your cholesterol level, it's a good idea to have it checked... 你要是不清楚自己的胆固醇水平，最好去检查一下。 Michael's roommate had been pleasant on a superficial level... 迈克尔的室友表面上还算友善。 We do have the lowest level of inflation for some years... 我们的通货膨胀率多年来确实一直保持在最低水平。 The exercises are marked according to their level of difficulty. 这些练习题标有难易程度。
2 [N-SING 单数名词]See also:sea level ； 水位；液位 The level of a river, lake, or ocean or the level of liquid in a container is the height of its surface. 3 [ADJ 形容词]（烹饪中的量）与匙口平齐的 In cookery, a level spoonful of a substance such as flour or sugar is an amount that fills the spoon exactly, without going above the top edge. 4 [N-SING 单数名词]高度 If something is at a particular level, it is at that height. 5 [ADJ 形容词]（与…）等高的，齐平的 If one thing is level with another thing, it is at the same height as it. 6 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平的；平坦的 When something is level, it is completely flat with no part higher than any other. 7 [ADV 副词]靠近地；接近地 If you draw level with someone or something, you get closer to them until you are by their side. [ADV after v] [usu v-link ADJ] [mainly BRIT 主英] Just before we drew level with the gates, he slipped out of the jeep and disappeared into the crowd... 我们快到门前时，他溜出吉普车，消失在人群中。 When the car had pulled level with him, he had spoken into the lowered passenger window. 汽车开到他身边与他并行时，他朝拉下车窗的后排座位说了几句话。 - Level is also an adjective.
8 [ADV 副词]（成绩或比分）扳平地，追平地 If you draw level with someone, you manage to improve your performance until it is the same as theirs, by scoring the same number of points or goals as them. 9 [VERB 动词]扳平，拉平（成绩或比分） In sport, if a player or team levels the score, they score a goal or win some points so that their team has the same number of points or goals as the opposing team. Iglesias scored twice to level the score... 伊格莱西亚斯连进两球，追平了比分。 The Cincinnati Reds have levelled the score in the National League play-off against the Pittsburgh Pirates. 在国家联盟季后赛中，辛辛那提红人队扳平了与匹兹堡海盗队的比分。
10 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（语气）平稳的，平静的，不动声色的 If you keep your voice level, you speak in a deliberately calm and unemotional way. He forced his voice to remain level... 他竭力使自己的语气保持平静。 When Julie speaks of her disability, she talks in the same calm, level tones she uses to discuss her A level prospects. 谈到自己的残疾时，朱莉的语气一如谈及她的高级证书考试前景般冷静平和。
11 [VERB 动词]（人、风暴等）摧毁，夷平，荡平 If someone or something such as a violent storm levels a building or area of land, they destroy it completely or make it completely flat. Further tremors could level more buildings... 余震可能会摧毁更多的建筑物。 The storm was the most powerful to hit Hawaii this century. It leveled sugar plantations and destroyed homes. 这是本世纪夏威夷遭遇的最强风暴。无数甘蔗园和住宅被夷为平地。
12 [VERB 动词]使（指责、批评等）针对；使矛头指向 If an accusation or criticism is levelled at someone, they are accused of doing wrong or they are criticized for something they have done. [be V-ed at/against n] [V n at/against n] [Also V n] 13 [VERB 动词]使瞄准；使对准 If you level an object at someone or something, you lift it and point it in their direction. 14 [VERB 动词]（对某人）说实话；直言相告 If you level with someone, you tell them the truth and do not keep anything secret. [V with n] [INFORMAL 非正式] I'll level with you. I'm no great detective. I've no training or anything... 实话告诉你吧，我根本不是什么大侦探。我没有受过任何训练。 He has leveled with the American people about his role in the affair. 他向美国人民坦白了他在这个事件中所扮演的角色。
16 [PHRASE 短语]竭尽所能；全力以赴 If you say that you will do your level best to do something, you are emphasizing that you will try as hard as you can to do it, even if the situation makes it very difficult. 17 [PHRASE 短语]真诚；坦率；诚恳 If you say that someone or something is on the level, you mean that they are sincere or honest, and are not attempting to deceive people. [v-link PHR] [INFORMAL 非正式] 18 a level playing field→see: playing field ； |