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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• The trade-off is one of convenience versus compatibility.
  因此，要权衡考虑方便性和兼容性。
• We finally came to a trade-off ( compromise) between efficiency in use and elegance of design.
  我们最后在使用的效率和外观漂亮之间达成了一个折衷结果。
• This section considers the impact of accuracy on implementation and the trade-off between performance and SELT complexity.
  本节考虑精度对实施的影响，以及SELT复杂性和性能之间的关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。