a level playing field

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They once asked me for advice about purchasing a COTS human-resources system, and I advised them against it: why should they put themselves on a level playing field with their competitors?
他们曾就购买 COTS 人力资源系统咨询过我的意见，我建议他们不要那样做：为什么要让自己置身于一个和对手公平竞争的环境呢？
American businesses and workers need to have confidence that they are operating on a level playing field, with predictable rules on everything from intellectual property to indigenous innovation.
美国的企业和工人需要对他们在一个公平竞争环境中经营抱有信心，从知识产权到自主创新——一切都有可循之规。
So if you give away a product, making it easy to get large market share, and you let everyone play on a level playing field, it should be easy to develop a thriving ecosystem.
所以如果您放弃一项产品，使其很容易获得较大的市场份额，同时您让每个人都公平地竞争，这应该易于开发出一个欣欣向荣的生态系统。

Anti-doping officials say they want to protect the integrity of sports by guaranteeing what they call a level playing field.
The proposal for a level playing field demands, of course, equal education.
等同地位竞争的提议，需要平等教育。
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Speaking in Amharic through an interpreter, Mr.Meles said the agreement would guarantee a level playing field for all competitors in upcoming parliamentary elections.

At the very least, Zynga would have the luxury of competing on a level playing field.
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