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水平
Level
On a practical level, there are two vital steps to ethical behavior: knowing what is right and doing it.
在实践层面上，道德行为有两个重要步骤:知道什么是正确的，并付诸行动。
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
永远不要和愚蠢的人争论，他们会把你拉到和他们一样的水平，然后用经验打败你。
You know, I think it's one of those cases where the situation really does dictate your level of ridicule.
你知道，我认为这是一种情况真的决定了你嘲笑的程度。
But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way.
但我相信我们有更高层次的心态，但我们必须以正确的方式使用权力。
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
当小人物企图做大事业时，他们总是以使其沦落为平庸告终。
While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field.
虽然我坚信开放的市场和自由贸易，但我也认为开放的市场需要一个公平的竞争环境。
Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known.
或许，我们自己对欧洲一体化程度的反对——更不用说对欧洲一体化程度的反对了——是众所周知的。
There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics.
福克斯新闻的很多人都对政治有一定程度的理解。
If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.
如果我打不出高水平的球，我就不会打球，我知道我的身体将无法做到这一点。
If you are at a boys' school, especially, there is a level of bravado that you have to keep up otherwise you'll get picked on.
如果你在一所男校读书，尤其需要保持一定程度的虚张声势，否则你就会被欺负。
The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do, or is worth on an existential, alchemical level.
艺术作品的价格与艺术作品是什么，能做什么，或在存在主义的炼金术层面上的价值无关。
Many Czech people are very talented. They can do many things, but when they get to a certain level, they are satisfied. I am not like that, thank God.
许多捷克人非常有才华。他们可以做很多事情，但当他们达到一定的水平，他们很满意。感谢上帝，我不是那样的人。
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Every level that I have ever competed on, I have risen to the top.
我所参加的每一个级别的比赛，我都达到了顶峰。
I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
我没有腰。我只是找到了一个地方，有点像一个没有标记的水平交叉口。
We should certainly be level-headed-- but with the heights, not the depths.
我们当然应该保持清醒的头脑，但要有高度，而不是深度。
I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
我知道我必须保持冷静。
I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.
我想说，在创作层面上，我给自己施加了很大的压力。
There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations.
可能有一些落后的国家，那里的人民群众处于勉强糊口的水平，由于战争或部分作物歉收，那里的生活水平必须大幅度降低，但在我们这些繁荣的国家，情况肯定不是这样。