Level Playing Field——公平競技環境

** to begin with no participant having an advantage over another or with no unfairness involved to star（在沒有參與者比其他人有優勢或沒有涉及不公平的情況下開始）

~~公平競技環境；平等的競爭環境；平衡競爭環境；公平賽場；平等競技場；公平競爭

~~ level playing-field // level-playing field // even playing field // equal conditions // equitable conditions // fair competition // equal chances // qbalanced situation

!! Reported by Independent on Sunday May 2, 1993, Ms. Hollingworth said in TV soap Eldorado: "The program had a lot of baggage attached to it. We did not start from a level playing field because there was so much antipathy."

（據《獨立報》於1993年5月 2日報道，Holling-

worth女士在電視肥皂劇《黃金國》中說：“該節目有很多包袱，我們並不是從公平的競爭環境開始的，因為大家都很反感。”）

>> The FIFA World Cup once again revealed the lack of a level playing field. Because of the lack of video assistant referees (VAR), neither the soccer referee nor the deputy referee could see the Portuguese team C. Ronaldo’s goal in overtime before the end of the game. As a result, the Portuguese team was changed from victory to tied.

（世界杯足球賽再次展露出缺乏公平競技的環境，因為缺乏視頻助理裁判，球證及旁證均無法看到葡萄牙隊C.朗拿度在完場前補時的入球，結果葡隊由贏變和。）

>> Our team is composed of the boss’s brother, cousin, sister and wife. How can I have a level playing field for promotion?

（我們的團隊，是由上司的弟弟、表哥、妹妹及其妻子所組成，試問我怎樣有平等的競爭環境升職呢？）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文 教授