| 单词 | social cost |
| 释义 | > as lemmassocial cost social cost n. (a) the cost to society of a policy or innovation, considered in terms of illness, pollution, effort, etc.; (b) the cost to society of a social problem, considered in terms of violence, crime, lack of security, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > a disadvantage > resulting to society social cost1862 1862 J. E. Cairnes Slave Power Contents p. xiv (title) Social cost of the system. 1927 G. D. H. Cole Econ. Syst. vii. 62 Social cost simply cannot be measured in terms of money, but only in the last resort in terms of human effort and destruction of natural resources. 1931 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. & Amer. Law Reg. 80 825 Little attention is paid to the social costs of crime. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 31 Mar. 21/2 Rehabilitation [of housing]..has proved to be cheaper in social costs. 2002 Contemp. Econ. Policy Jan. 38 Personalized guns..could make existing firearms regulations more effective and reduce the social costs associated with gun misuse. < as lemmas |
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