trade-off

英 [ˈtreɪd ɒf]

美 [ˈtreɪd ɔːf]

n.  (在需要而又相互对立的两者间的)权衡，协调

复数：trade-offs　

经济

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牛津词典

noun

• （在需要而又相互对立的两者间的）权衡，协调
  the act of balancing two things that you need or want but which are opposed to each other
  1. There is a trade-off between the benefits of the drug and the risk of side effects.
     在这种药的疗效和副作用之间有个权衡利弊的问题。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 权衡;协调;交易;交换
  Atrade-offis a situation where you make a compromise between two things, or where you exchange all or part of one thing for another.
  1. The newspaper's headline indicates that there was a trade-off at the summit.
     报纸的大字标题表明峰会上大家作出了妥协。
  2. ...the trade-off between inflation and unemployment.
     在通货膨胀与失业之间求得平衡
  3. …the tradeoff of territory or land for peace.
     以领土或土地换取和平的交易

英英释义

noun

• an exchange that occurs as a compromise
  1. I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine
  Synonym:tradeoff

双语例句

• To most thoughtful people, unemployment benefit embodies a painful trade-off.
  对多数有识之士而言，失业救济体现了一种痛苦的权衡。
• The newspaper's headline indicates that there was a trade-off at the summit.
  报纸的大字标题表明峰会上大家作出了妥协。
• So the offering price is the trade-off between underwriting fee and price supporting cost.
  因此，发行价格是在承销费和价格支持成本之间的权衡。
• There is a trade-off for most things.
  大多数的事情都有一个平衡。
• Security is always a trade-off between functionality and risk.
  安全性永远是功能性与风险之间的权衡。
• For example, virtually all SOAs make a trade-off between flexibility and speed.
  例如，实际上所有SOA都在灵活性与速度之间实现了一种平衡。
• Maintaining privacy can often be a trade-off with usability.
  维护隐私可能经常要与可用性作折衷。
• This white paper described the need for SELT and discussed the trade-off between accuracy and implementation complexity.
  本白皮书描述了SELT的需求，讨论了精确度和实施复杂性之间的权衡。
• For the inventor, that may be a reasonable trade-off.
  对于发明人而言，这可能是一个合理的交换条件。
• A trade-off is required to balance the tuning and coding.
  为了平衡调优和编码需要一些权衡。