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自动扶梯, 电动扶梯
a staircase that moves and takes people up or down different levels easily, often found in large buildings like airports, department stores, etc.
- The weary travelers rode the escalator down to the baggage claim area after a long flight.
疲惫的旅客在长途飞行后乘坐自动扶梯下到行李领取区。
- The department store installed a new escalator to improve accessibility between floors for shoppers.
百货公司安装了一部新的自动扶梯，以提高购物者在楼层之间的可达性。
- She hurriedly descended the escalator, anxious to catch her train before it departed.
她匆忙地走下自动扶梯，急于在火车出发前赶上它。
- The airport terminal was bustling with passengers riding escalators to reach their departure gates.
机场航站楼里挤满了乘坐自动扶梯前往登机口的乘客。
- He stood patiently on the escalator, enjoying the leisurely ascent to the top floor of the shopping mall.
他耐心地站在自动扶梯上，享受着悠闲地上升到购物中心的顶层。
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a contractual provision that adjusts wages, prices, or benefits automatically in response to specified conditions, such as inflation or cost-of-living changes
- The labor contract included a wage escalator tied to the consumer price index.
- Rent agreements sometimes contain an escalator to account for rising maintenance costs.
- The company agreed to a benefits escalator that increased health coverage annually.
- Escalators in contracts help protect employees against inflation.
- The union negotiated an escalator clause for overtime pay adjustments.
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