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  • Conjugation : past  leveled ; past  levelled ; ing  leveling ; ing  levelling
  • Derivatives : n  level-ness ; adv  levelly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

level ['lεvl]
  1. 1. adjective (flat) 平的
    The floor is quite level.
    地板很平。
  2. 2. adjective [烹饪] [+spoonful] 平的
  3. 3. adjective (at same height) 一样高的
    The tree tops are level with the roof.
    树冠屋顶一样高。
    Amy knelt down so that their eyes were level.
    埃米跪下身子这样他们可以平视对方
  4. 4. adjective (in points, goals etc) 平的
    The teams were level at the end of extra time.
    加时赛结束时,两队比分平了。
  5. 5. adverb [esp BRIT] [+person, vehicle] to draw level with 与...平齐
  6. 6. adverb [+team, opponent] 与...比分拉平
  7. 7. noun [c] (amount, degree) (on scale) 程度
    the lowest level of inflation for years
    多年来最低程度通货膨胀率
  8. 8. noun (standard) 水平
    The general level of training was not high.
    培训总体水平不高。
  9. 9. noun [of lake, river] (height) 水位
    The level of the lake continues to rise.
    湖水的水位继续上升
  10. 10. vt. [+building, forest etc] (flatten) 把...弄平
    Tractors levelled more than 1000 acres of forest.
    拖拉机将1000多英亩的森林夷为平地
  11. 11. vi. [inf] to level with sb某人开诚布公
    to be level with
    [esp BRIT] [+person, vehicle] 与...平齐
  12. 12. vi. [+team, opponent] 与...并驾齐驱
    at eye/waist {etc} level
    在与眼/腰{等}平齐的位置
    He held the gun at waist level.
    他把枪端在与腰平齐的位置上。
    to be on the level
    [inf] [plan etc+] 真实可信
  13. 13. vi. [person+] 诚恳
    to level the score
    [体育] 扳平比分
    to level an accusation/a criticism at {or} against sb
    指控/批评某人
    to level a gun at sb
    把枪对准某人
    to do one's level best
    全力以赴
  14. 14. vi. see level off

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

level [ 'lεvl] [ 'levl]
  1. 1. noun 水平面水平线;尤指作为高度测量起点平面
    sea level
    海平面
    The water level rises rapidly during monsoon season.
    雨季水平面上升很快
  2. 2. noun 平原平地
    The cafeteria is on the basement level.
    自助餐厅在地下一层
  3. 3. noun 水平标准地位级别
    levels of income
    收入水平
    I'm in an advanced level Chinese class.
    正在汉语高级班。
    This issue should be solved at the management level.
    这个问题必须管理层内解决
  4. 4. noun 水平仪水准仪;水准(平)测量
  5. 5. noun 水平面的)高度
  6. 6. noun 同位同样高度
  7. 7. noun 水平状态
    water seeks its level
    水往低处
  8. 8. noun 水平坑道主平巷
  9. 9. noun 浓度:如药物体液中的含量
  10. 10. noun [physics] 能级电平
  11. 11. adjective 水平的;平坦的;不倾斜的
    Make sure the frame is level on the wall.
    确保相框与墙是水平的
  12. 12. adjective 高度的;同水平的(与with连用
    The mirror is level with the poster on the wall.
    镜子墙壁上的招贴画处于同一高度
  13. 13. adjective (与容器口)同平的
    a level teaspoonful
    一平茶匙
  14. 14. adjective 同等重要级别程度)的
  15. 15. adjective 一定水平(或级别)的
    a high level talks
    高级会谈
  16. 16. adjective 并进
  17. 17. adjective 均匀
  18. 18. adjective 平衡的均等
  19. 19. adjective 稳健的冷静
    It is hard to keep the economy growing at a level clip.
    使经济平稳的节奏发展很不容易
  20. 20. adjective 同酬的
  21. 21. adjective [American English] [slang] 诚实的;直率
  22. 22. adverb [rarely used] 水平地;平衡
  23. 23. vt. 使平坦平整;尤指用水平仪找平
  24. 24. vt. 使平坦平整;尤指把…弄平;使成水平
  25. 25. vt. 使平坦平整;尤指使同等;把…(向上向下拉平(常与down或up连用
  26. 26. vt. 使平坦平整;尤指使(颜色均匀;使(声调平板
  27. 27. vt. 打倒推翻置于水平位置
    The storm leveled the tree.
    暴风雨刮倒了那棵树。
  28. 28. vt. 水平瞄准
  29. 29. vt. 瞄准指向
  30. 30. vt. [surveying and drawing] 水平测量土地
  31. 31. vi. (用枪等)瞄准(与at连用
  32. 32. vi. 拉平通常与down或up连用
  33. 33. vi. [American English] [slang] 坦率相待以诚相待(与with连用

Collins English-English Dictionary

level ['lεvəl]
  1. 1. adj level-headed even-tempered; steady
  2. 2. adj on a horizontal plane
  3. 3. adj having a surface of completely equal height
  4. 4. adj being of the same height as something else
  5. 5. adj (of quantities to be measured, as in recipes) even with the top of the cup, spoon, etc
  6. 6. adj equal to or even with (something or someone else)
  7. 7. adj not having or showing inconsistency or irregularities
  8. 8. vt. [tr; sometimes foll by off] to make (a surface) horizontal, level, or even
  9. 9. vt. to make (two or more people or things) equal, as in position or status
  10. 10. vt. [tr] to raze to the ground
  11. 11. vt. [tr] to knock (a person) down by or as if by a blow
  12. 12. vt. [tr] to direct (a gaze, criticism, etc) emphatically at someone
  13. 13. vi. [intr; often foll by with] [informal] to be straightforward and frank
  14. 14. vi. [intr; foll by off or out] to manoeuvre an aircraft into a horizontal flight path after a dive, climb, or glide
  15. 15. vi. [often foll by at] to aim (a weapon) horizontally
  16. 16. vi. [surveying] to determine the elevation of a section of (land), sighting through a levelling instrument to a staff at successive pairs or points
  17. 17. n a horizontal datum line or plane
  18. 18. n a device, such as a spirit level, for determining whether a surface is horizontal
  19. 19. n a surveying instrument consisting basically of a telescope with a spirit level attached, used for measuring relative heights of land - See Abney level dumpy level
  20. 20. n a reading of the difference in elevation of two points taken with such an instrument
  21. 21. n position or status in a scale of values
  22. 22. n amount or degree of progress; stage
  23. 23. n a specified vertical position; altitude
  24. 24. n a horizontal line or plane with respect to which measurement of elevation is based
    sea level
  25. 25. n a flat even surface or area of land
  26. 26. n a horizontal passage or drift in a mine
  27. 27. n any of the successive layers of material that have been deposited with the passage of time to build up and raise the height of the land surface
  28. 28. n [physics] the ratio of the magnitude of a physical quantity to an arbitrary magnitude
    sound-pressure level
  29. 29. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French livel, from Vulgar Latin libellum (unattested), from Latin libella, diminutive of libra scales

Examples

to level charges broadside
胡乱地把收费拉平 broadside
dead level
空层,备用层;静态;无信号电平 dead
sea level
海平面 level
water seeks its level
水往低处流 level
a level teaspoonful
一平茶匙 level
a high level talks
高级会谈 level
The ship remained sunk at 500m below the sea level for almost 15 years.
那艘船在海平面以下500米的地方沉了快15年了。
The water level rises rapidly during monsoon season.
雨季水平面上升很快。 level
I'm in an advanced level Chinese class.
我正在上汉语高级班。 level
The cafeteria is on the basement level.
自助餐厅在地下一层。 level

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