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　

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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

• 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。
• 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。
• This is the trade-off between profits& growth.
  这就是盈利与成长之间的取舍。
• 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 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。
• This is a reasonable trade-off because business data is more often searched and analyzed than inserted.
  这是一种合理的折衷方案，因为业务数据的搜索和分析频率要高于插入频率。
• 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。
• Using reflection like this represents a trade-off: complexity versus conciseness.
  像上面这样使用反射代表了一种权衡：复杂性和简洁性。