trade-off
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A trade-off is a situation where you make a compromise between two things, or where you exchange all or part of one thing for another. 妥協(xié); 交換[journalism]
...the trade-off between inflation and unemployment. ...通脹和失業(yè)之間的妥協(xié)。
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trade-off (also tradeoff) (trade-offs)
劍橋詞典
- [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
a situation in which you balance two opposing situations or qualities
平衡；協(xié)調(diào)
There is a trade-off between doing the job accurately and doing it quickly . 工作做得準(zhǔn)確無(wú)誤和迅速快捷之間有個(gè)平衡。
She said that she'd had to make a trade-off between her job and her family . 她說(shuō)她必須平衡好工作和家庭。
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 通常作為單數(shù)使用的名詞 ]
a situation in which you accept something bad in order to have something good
妥協(xié)，讓步
For some car buyers , lack of space is an acceptable trade-off for a sporty design . 對(duì)一些購(gòu)車者而言，設(shè)計(jì)成跑車風(fēng)格的車型即使空間狹小也是可以接受的。 返回 trade-off