I use the term "low-tier" cautiously, because GSU is a well-regarded research institution that attracts high-quality professors and faculty from all over the country.

我非常谨慎地使用“低层次”这个词，因为佐治亚州立大学（Georgia State University）是一所声誉卓著的研究机构，吸引了来自全国各地的高水平教授和教师。

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He scored 432 points out of a possible 750, too low to be admitted even to a second-tier institution.

去年750分的高考刘仅考出了432分的成绩，这连进入二类大学的分数线都没有达到。

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Although unemployment is low, rapid job losses among Japan's army of temporary workers are exposing the unfairness of a two-tier Labour market and straining an egalitarian society.

尽管日本的失业率较低，但其临时劳动力大军中却有越来越多人失去了工作，暴露出其两级劳动力市场的不公平性，也让这个平均主义社会不堪重负。

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Yet early Chinese OEMs offered only low-tier phones with no attempts at branding or differentiation.

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When an Indian consumer acquired a low-tier model, he was already reviewing the features of the mid-tier model.

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Cash deals in California have become more common in the low-tier housing market, according to First Tuesday, probably due in part to the greater difficulty borrowers have had in getting a mortgage.

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