At the other end of the social scale was the grocer.

处于社会阶层另一端的是杂货商。

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The scientist stands high in the social scale.

这位科学家享有很高的社会地位。

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But on the other hand, it raises transaction cost in social scale.

但是在获得这种好处的同时，虚拟企业也在社会范围内增加了交易费用。

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Justice is a name, for certain moral requirements, which, regarded collectively, stand higher in the scale of social utility and are, therefore, of more paramount obligation than any others."

公正，对于一定的道德要求而言，从整体看来，在社会总功利的范畴内，更高等,因此也高于其它任何义务“

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Those near the bottom of the social scale are against because they worry that foreign workers will take their jobs.

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At the other end of the social scale, people are also suffering.

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It was statistically unlikely that the servants, or even most of their children, would ever rise very far in the social scale.

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