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 trade-off is one of convenience versus compatibility.
  因此，要权衡考虑方便性和兼容性。
• But as a trade-off, it also requires more developer effort to manage and scale the applications.
  但是作为权衡，它也需要更多的开发人员努力对应用程序进行管理和扩展。
• 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。
• 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。
• But this configuration option has a trade-off.
  但这种配置选项也是一种折衷。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。