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 road to building that trust lies in a more transparent and considered approach to the privacy trade-off.
  要想建立起用户信任，需要以更加透明和审慎的方式在隐私问题上进行取舍。
• It involves a trade-off between performance and ease of management.
  它包含性能和易于管理之间的权衡（trade-off）。
• It is the trade-off model between complexity for the provider and flexibility for the customer.
  这是供应商的复杂性和客户的灵活性的折中模型。
• 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。
• But I see it as necessary, a compromise, a trade-off.
  但我认为这是必要的，是一种妥协，是一种交换。
• The trade-off between liberty and prosperity seems to have widespread, if not universal, support there.
  自由与繁荣之间的交换在这里似乎受到了广泛（如果不是全体）的支持。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is a trade-off between doing the job accurately and doing it quickly.
  在准确和迅速地完成工作之间有个平衡的问题。
• There is a trade-off for most things.
  大多数的事情都有一个平衡。