across the board

意思

affecting everyone or everything, with no exceptions

涉及所有人或所有方面，無一例外.

例句

1. 1The company announced a five per cent pay rise across the board.
2. 2Prices have gone up across the board, from bread to bus fares.
3. 3Our exam marks improved across the board: every single subject went up.
4. 4Will the new tax affect families across the board, or only those on high incomes?
5. 5Staff across the board were given an extra day's holiday this year.

文法

通常用在動詞或名詞之後：cut prices across the board。用在名詞前要加連字號：an across-the-board pay rise。