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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Germany provides a good example of such a trade-off.
  德国提供了一个很好的例子。
• The trade-off is one of convenience versus compatibility.
  因此，要权衡考虑方便性和兼容性。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。