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

• 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 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。
• There is a trade-off for most things.
  大多数的事情都有一个平衡。
• For example, virtually all SOAs make a trade-off between flexibility and speed.
  例如，实际上所有SOA都在灵活性与速度之间实现了一种平衡。
• It involves a trade-off between performance and ease of management.
  它包含性能和易于管理之间的权衡（trade-off）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。