词组 | level |
释义 | level [levelled, levelled, levelling BrE] [leveled, leveled, leveling AmE] level at/against level sth at/against sb usually passive if you level a criticism, charge, or accusation at someone, you publicly criticize them or say that they have done something wrong: ▪ A number of criticisms were levelled at the book. ▪ Accusations of racism and corruption have been levelled against the police. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑aim at level at level sth at sb/sth to aim a gun at someone or something: ▪ The men pushed us into a dark room and guns were levelled at our heads. level off/out 1. level off/out if the amount or rate of something levels off, it stops increasing or decreasing and stays at the level it has reached: ▪ Car sales in Japan levelled out in September after several months of growth. + at ▪ The world population could level off at around 8.5 billion by the middle of the next century. ■ SIMILAR TO: stabilize formal ► compare ↑drop off 2. level off/out if an aircraft levels off, it begins to travel forward at the height it has reached instead of going up or down: ▪ Mark undid his seatbelt as the jet leveled off. 3. level off/out if a road levels off, it begins to go forward on one level instead of going up or down: ▪ At the top of the hill the road levelled out and we stopped to look at the view. 4. level sth off/out • level off/out sth to make the surface of something flat and smooth: ▪ Put the cake mixture in a tin and level it off with a spoon. ▪ You should level out the soil with a rake before sowing the seeds. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑flatten level with level with sb not passive informal to tell someone the truth about a situation, when you have not been completely honest about it before: ▪ I decided to level with Charlie. But I made him swear not to tell anyone else. |
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