A standard and universal system of measurement based on the natural world.

基于自然世界准和通用测量系统。

So we are looking for synonyms in the text and I found seniority-based pay scales, let's compare them.

我们在文章中寻找同义词，我找到基于资历薪资准，我们来比较一下。

Some 80 scientists have gone through 13,000 studies of the environment and looked at how market-based values have contributed to the destruction of ecosystems.

约80名科学家对环境进1.3项研究，并研究基于市场价值准是如何导致生态系统遭到破坏。

Andris Piebalgs, the EU Commissioner for Development, says 70 percent of those funds will go to less developed nations, based on specific criteria, including a measure of per capita income.

欧盟开发专员安德里斯·皮耶巴尔格斯说70%这些资金将拨给欠发达国家，基于特别准，包括人均收入水平。

Companies could consider taking away seniority-based pay scales or abolishing pay schemes that are based on age and older workers will become more attractive, so they could consider that, right?

公司可以考虑取消基于资历薪资准，或废除基于龄薪酬计划，长员工会更有吸引力，所以他们可以考虑，对吗？

You may equate pitching with a slick deck based on some standard format, but whether you're pitching a company or trying to get buy-in for a passion project at work, so much of pitching is a storytelling exercise.

你可能会将推销等同于基于某种准格式华丽演讲稿，但无论你是在推销一家公司， 还是试图在工作中获得一个激情项目支持，推销大部分内容都是一种讲故事练习。