break even

基本解釋

Delays in America last year were the worst ever and could this year break even that grim record.
去年，美國的航班延誤情況是有史以來最糟的；而今年，這個可怕的記錄甚至會被打破。
But I'd like to break even, so we're building up a set of revenue models that don't require licensing or advertising.
但是我想至少能夠不賺不賠，因此我們建立起一套創(chuàng)收模式，不需要經營許可，也不需要廣告。
“Most repair shops will lose money or at best break even on a $25 to $28 oil change,” he said.
“更換機油需要花費25到28美元，但即使是這樣，大多數(shù)維修廠還是虧本或者并沒有盈利。” 他說。

Other times my friend would simply break even.
And I'm going to call this the you can break even law; you can break even law.
我叫它,你能保本定律“,你不會失去能量。
麻省理工公開課 - 熱力學與動力學課程節(jié)選
So in some sense, the first law would suggest you can sort of break even.
初看起來，熱力學第一定律,可以保證這個過程是可行的。
麻省理工公開課 - 熱力學與動力學課程節(jié)選

Donor dependency, down 1%, calculates the fraction of the gifts needed to break even.
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to attain a level of activity, as in commerce, or a point of operation, as in gambling, at which there is neither profit nor loss
the level of commercial activity at which the total cost and total revenue of a business enterprise are equal
(as modifier)