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raising the level, boosting the baseline
Improving the overall standard or baseline level of something. Often used for raising the minimum level of performance, skills, or quality across a group or system.
全体の学力を底上げする。
To raise the overall academic level.
研修でチームの技術力を底上げした。
We boosted the team's technical skills through training.
賃金の底上げは経済全体の活性化につながる。
Raising the baseline of wages leads to the revitalization of the entire economy.
USAGE:
Emphasizes lifting the bottom or minimum level, not the top. When a company does 底上げ of employee skills, it focuses on improving the weakest performers rather than making the best even better.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 学力の底上げ: raising the academic baseline
- 賃金の底上げ: raising the wage floor
- 技術力の底上げ: boosting technical capabilities
- 全体を底上げする: to raise the overall level