a trade-off between A and B
用介词 between 连接被权衡的两方,表示为了得到一方而牺牲另一方。
There is always a trade-off between price and quality.
价格和质量之间总是存在取舍。
权衡;取舍;妥协
为增加一方而需减少另一方质量或数量的情况;交换;平衡;交易;[经] 权衡
a situation in which you must give up one thing in order to gain another; a compromise
为增加一方而需减少另一方质量或数量的情况
Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased.
妥协
an exchange that occurs as a compromise
Choosing a cheaper apartment often involves a trade-off between space and cost.
选择较便宜的公寓通常需要在空间和费用之间做出取舍。
用法提示:trade-off 是名词,表示在空间与费用之间不得不进行的权衡取舍。
There is always a trade-off when you try to balance work and family time.
当你试图平衡工作和家庭时间时,总是需要有所取舍。
用法提示:trade-off 作名词,指在平衡中必须做出的妥协或交换。
The new policy accepts a trade-off of higher taxes for better public services.
新政策接受了以更高税收换取更优公共服务的权衡。
用法提示:trade-off 为名词,说明一种利益交换或折中方案。
用介词 between 连接被权衡的两方,表示为了得到一方而牺牲另一方。
There is always a trade-off between price and quality.
价格和质量之间总是存在取舍。
用 that 从句具体说明取舍带来的结果。
The trade-off is that you save money but lose time.
代价是你省了钱,却浪费了时间。
可数名词,常与 make、accept、face 等动词连用;复数形式为 trade-offs。
We had to make a trade-off between speed and accuracy.
我们不得不在速度和准确性之间做出取舍。
强调双方各自让步达成的折中,可作可数名词;trade-off 更侧重两者不可兼得时必须牺牲一方,不一定涉及双方协商。
多指人际或合作中相互迁就的动态,常作不可数名词;trade-off 是客观的取舍关系,不强调互动与轮流。
泛指任何互换,范围比 trade-off 广,语气中性;trade-off 特指为得到一方而必须减损另一方的两难权衡。
grammar · medium
易错句子We need to make trade-off between work and family.
正确表达We need to make a trade-off between work and family.
trade-off 是可数名词,单数形式前必须加不定冠词 a;汉语没有冠词,直译“做出权衡”时容易漏掉,加上 a 后名词短语才完整。
grammar · medium
易错句子There is always a trade-off of time and money.
正确表达There is always a trade-off between time and money.
表示两者之间的取舍时,trade-off 后固定搭配 between A and B,不能用 of;汉语“时间和金钱的权衡”中的“的”容易误导学习者写成 of。
grammar · medium
易错句子Starting a business involves many trade-off.
正确表达Starting a business involves many trade-offs.
many 修饰可数名词时必须接复数形式,所以用 trade-offs;汉语名词不随数量变化,容易忘记加 -s。
指双方都能获益、无需牺牲一方利益的情形,与 trade-off(取舍)相对;但 win-win 强调结果对双方都有利,而 trade-off 强调必须牺牲一方以换取另一方,两者并非简单互换。
指同时享有两种好处而无需妥协的情形,与 trade-off 的取舍含义相对;常用于描述兼得两种优势,而非必须交换。
compromise 指双方各让一步以达成协议,涉及人与人之间的协商;trade-off 指在单一决定中为得到一方面而牺牲另一方面,是取舍关系,不涉及双方让步。
exchange 泛指双方互换物品、信息等,不强调得失;trade-off 强调为获得某物而必须牺牲另一物,且只作名词。
trade 可作动词表示用一物换取另一物,也可作名词指贸易或行业;trade-off 只作名词,指为获得一方面而必须放弃另一方面的取舍,不用于商业交易。
A 与 B 之间的权衡
There is always a trade-off between speed and accuracy.
速度与准确性之间总是存在权衡。
做出取舍
We had to make a trade-off between cost and quality.
我们不得不在成本和品质之间做出取舍。
面临取舍
Policymakers face a trade-off between growth and inflation control.
政策制定者面临增长与控制通胀之间的取舍。
必要的取舍
Losing some privacy is a necessary trade-off for convenience.
失去部分隐私是换取便利的必要取舍。
权衡各种取舍
Before buying, weigh the trade-offs carefully.
购买前要仔细权衡各种取舍。
权衡常涉及一方付出成本、另一方获得收益,成本是取舍中需要牺牲的那一面。
与成本相对,是权衡中希望增加的一方,决策时要在收益与代价之间比较。
资源或条件有限才会产生权衡,限制是迫使人们做出取舍的背景因素。
权衡时需要排列优先次序,决定先满足哪一项需求。
效率常是权衡的一极,例如在效率与公平或质量之间做取舍。
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接受取舍
The union refused to accept a trade-off on wages.
工会拒绝在工资问题上接受取舍。