trade-off
柯林斯词典
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; 交換[journalism]
...the trade-off between inflation and unemployment. ...通脹和失業之間的妥協。
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trade-off (also tradeoff) (trade-offs)
剑桥词典
- [ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
a situation in which you balance two opposing situations or qualities
平衡；協調
There is a trade-off between doing the job accurately and doing it quickly . 工作做得準確無誤和迅速快捷之間有個平衡。
She said that she'd had to make a trade-off between her job and her family . 她說她必須平衡好工作和家庭。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 通常作爲單數使用的名詞 ]
a situation in which you accept something bad in order to have something good
妥協，讓步
For some car buyers , lack of space is an acceptable trade-off for a sporty design . 對一些購車者而言，設計成跑車風格的車型即使空間狹小也是可以接受的。 返回 trade-off