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trade-off

T 开头单词六级核心词

柯林斯词典

    trade-off (also tradeoff) (trade-offs)

  • 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. 妥协; 交换[journalism]

    ...the trade-off between inflation and unemployment. ...通胀和失业之间的妥协。

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剑桥词典

    [ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
    a situation in which you balance two opposing situations or qualities
    平衡；协调
    There is a trade-off between doing the job accurately and doing it quickly . 工作做得准确无误和迅速快捷之间有个平衡。
    She said that she'd had to make a trade-off between her job and her family . 她说她必须平衡好工作和家庭。
    [ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 通常作为单数使用的名词 ]
    a situation in which you accept something bad in order to have something good
    妥协，让步
    For some car buyers , lack of space is an acceptable trade-off for a sporty design . 对一些购车者而言，设计成跑车风格的车型即使空间狭小也是可以接受的。 返回 trade-off