| 单词 | the law of diminishing return |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe law of diminishing return(s) b. That grows less. Esp. in the law of diminishing return(s), in Economics, the principle that the expenditure of labour or capital beyond a certain point does not produce a proportionately corresponding return (see quot. 1938); also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] lessening1611 smalling1665 diminishing1793 minifying1850 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] shrinking?a1400 welkinga1400 moderativec1487 thinning1551 wanzing1571 decreasing1591 restricting1606 lessening1611 waning1632 assuaging1651 limiting1656 mitigating1749 diminishing1793 decrescent1811 shrivelling1849 dropping1894 scanting1916 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Introd. 4 The building is carried up..by diminishing stories, to the height of 115 feet. 1815 E. West Ess. Applic. Capital to Land 12 In the progress of improvement an equal quantity of work extracts from the soil a gradually diminishing return. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. xii. §2. 216 The general law of diminishing return from land would have undergone..a temporary supersession. 1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. ii. 23 The great comprehensive principle to which we give the name, ‘the law of diminishing returns in agriculture’. 1894 Nature 26 July 291 The diminishing speed of the earth's rotation. 1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iv. 61 From the point of view of..the collector of birds seen and recorded, the law of diminishing returns has set in; only very seldom is he rewarded by the sight or sound of a species new or little known to him. 1938 F. Benham Econ. ix. 130 We may now state the Law of Diminishing Returns. As the proportion of one factor in a combination of factors is increased, after a point, the marginal and average product of that factor will diminish. 1965 Listener 24 June 926/1 I, for one, am not prepared to accept that the law of diminishing returns applies to television. I do not believe that what is trivial and bad will drive out what is serious and good. 1970 Times 7 Jan. 9/8 The law of diminishing returns has begun to set in: we can't go on forever extending our hearts to shapely matrons. < as lemmas |
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