Across the Board——全面的

** encompassingeverything or everyone within an organization, system or society 包含組織、系統或社會中的每種事或每個人 。

~~全面的；全部的；全體人員包括在內；包括所有人在內；包括一切地；全面一致；全盤的；影響到各個領域和階層的

~~ all over the board; all inclusive/encompassing/embracing; without exception; on the whole; all along the line; affecting everyone; including everyone/all categories/all members; in all areas/fields/sectors

!! In American horse racing and gambling, the board itself was the notice board (blackboard) on which bookmakers chalked up the odds for each horse. A bet across the board means that the gamer puts in the same amount of money on all three options for one horse. He will collect something if his horse should win (first place), place (second place) or show (third place).

在美國賽馬和賭博中，“板”的本身就是公告牌（黑板），博彩公司在其上記錄了每匹馬的賠率。全面下注意味着玩家在一匹馬的所有三個選項上投入相同的金額。如果他的馬贏得第一名，第二名或第三名，他將賺到一點錢。

>> Since all employees are stock holders, they gladly absorbed the across-the-board reduction in salary in order to survive the recession.

由於所有員工都是股東，他們很樂意接纳全面減薪，以度過經濟衰退。

>> The democratic presidential nominee's proposal to fight inflation is actually a sweeping set of government-enforced price controls across the board.

這位民主黨總統候選人提出對抗通貨膨脹的提案，事實上是政府廣泛實施全面的價格管制。

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文