| 单词 | trade off |
| 释义 | trade off 1. phrasal verb If you trade off one thing against another, you exchange all or part of one thing for another, as part of a negotiation or compromise. Economic policy is about trading off costs against benefits. [V P n + against] I get up early and trade off sleep for exercise. [V P n + for] 2. See also trade-off 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for trade If someone trades off something, they make use of it for their own advantage, often in an unfair way. [mainly British] They would be able to trade off their looks and manage on that alone. [VERB PARTICLE noun] trade-off also tradeoff Word forms: trade-offs countable noun A trade-off is a situation where you make a compromise between two things, or where you exchange all or part of one thing for another. [journalism] The newspaper's headline indicates that there was a trade-off at the summit. ...the trade-off between inflation and unemployment. [+ between] ...the tradeoff of territory or land for peace. Translations: Chinese: 交易 Japanese: 兼ね合い |
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