IELTS Vocabulary

escalator

/ˈɛskəˌleɪtər/

a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)

Chinese meaning: 自动扶梯;滑动条款

The contract includes an escalator clause that adjusts wages based on inflation.

合同中包含一个根据通货膨胀调整工资的滑动条款。

Please take the escalator to the second floor for the furniture section.

请乘自动扶梯到二楼家具区。

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