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

• The prototype pushes some technologies to their limits, especially in the trade-off between weight and performance.
  这一原型机器将一些技术运行到了其极限，特别是在重量和性能之间利弊的权衡。
• 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。
• There is inevitably a trade-off with international organisations between speed and legitimacy.
  对于国际组织而言，它们不可避免地会在速度与合法性之间进行权衡。
• However, there is a trade-off between application speed and resource consumption.
  但是，应权衡应用程序速度和资源占用之间的关系。
• To me, the trade-off would definitely be worth it.
  在我看来，在易用性和性能之间进行折衷是值得的。
• There is a trade-off for most things.
  大多数的事情都有一个平衡。
• This is the trade-off between profits& growth.
  这就是盈利与成长之间的取舍。
• 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。
• But this configuration option has a trade-off.
  但这种配置选项也是一种折衷。
• Using reflection like this represents a trade-off: complexity versus conciseness.
  像上面这样使用反射代表了一种权衡：复杂性和简洁性。