In a basement, the top and bottom plates are often different lengths.

地下室的顶板和底板的长度往往不同。

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The penthouses at the top keep getting larger and larger. The apartments in the middle are feeling more and more squeezed and the basement has flooded.

顶部的阁楼变得越来越大，中部的楼层感觉越来越拥挤，而地下室已经水漫金山了。

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Retailers hope the case will allow them extensive freedom to sell top branded goods at bargain basement prices.

零售商们希望这个案子能给予他们广泛的自由，能以极便宜的价格销售最好的名牌商品。

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Unlike his former gig, a uphill grind to take NBC out of the ratings basement, his new network sits comfortably at the top.

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Sixteen months into his stint as entertainment chief at the General Electric-owned NBC, the 38-year-old agent-turned-producer-turned-network honcho has yet to lift the once top-rated broadcast network out of the ratings basement.

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