dissipation

基本解釋

First, rent dissipation does not exist in a one-man economy; second, cost is the highest-valued option forgone –– in this case the land rents of almond tree cultivation forgone.
一方面，租值消散不會(huì)在一人世界發(fā)生；另一方面，成本（這里指費(fèi)用）是最高的代價(jià)——的黎波里的畜牧代價(jià)是種植杏仁樹的土地租值。
In my view, competition for the use of scarce resources must be restrained for social survival, because rent dissipation under unrestrained competition would result in starvation for all.
我的看法，是資源使用的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)一定要受到約束，人類才可以生存，因?yàn)闆]有約束的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)必然帶來的租值消散，會(huì)滅絕人類。
I have always been doubtful that there have ever existed valuable resources subjected to unrestrained common exploitation, but assuming this to be true, dissipation of land rent is implied.
有價(jià)值的資源毫無約束地讓公眾使用的現(xiàn)象曾否出現(xiàn)過，我歷來懷疑，但假設(shè)真有其事，租值消散是效果。

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If someone leads a dissipated life, you can also say that they lead a life of dissipation.