1.If the corporate governance of a company is below standard, will it affect your investment decision?
如果一间公司的企业管治是处于标准以下，它会影响你作投资决定吗？。
2.Two examples are buying excess inventory when purchase prices are below standard and postponing needed maintenance on equipment.
例如，采购价格低于标准时，存货过多；成本降低时，设备被延迟修理。
3.We found that the quality of the TV sets we received last week is below standard. So we request a 5% allowance .
我方发现我们上周收到的电视机的质量低于标准，因此我们向贵方提出5%的索赔。
4.Those houses are badly built; they are well below standard [below the necessary standard].
那些房屋建筑质量很差，远远达不到标准（起码的标准）。
5.Failing to meet a standard; below standard.
未达到标准的；标准以下的
6.A variance is favorable if actual cost is below standard cost, and it is unfavorable if actual cost is above standard.
一个方差是有利的，如果如果实际成本在标准上面，实际成本是低于标准成本，而且它是不宜的。
7.Something that is below standard or expectations, as of ethics or decency
不道德的事：不合水准或期望的某事，如在伦理或礼仪方面不道德的事