英语词汇“trade off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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

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]

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trade-off

also tradeoff

Word forms: plural trade-offs

countable noun

A trade-off is a situation where you make a compromise between two things, or where you exchange all or partof 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.

trade-off in British English

noun

an exchange, esp as a compromise

trade-off in American English

(ˈtreɪdˌɔf)

noun

an exchange; esp., a giving up of one benefit, advantage, etc. in order to gain another regarded as more desirable

: also written ˈtradeˌoff

Examples of 'trade-off' in a sentence
trade-off

'What you've got to understand, Thorn, is that everything's a trade-off.

In other languages
trade off

British English: trade-off 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.

...the trade-off between inflation and unemployment.

American English: trade-off
Brazilian Portuguese: impasse
Chinese: 交易
European Spanish: compensación
French: compromis
German: Handel
Italian: compromesso
Japanese: 兼ね合い
Korean: 균형
European Portuguese: impasse
Latin American Spanish: compensación

单词	trade off
释义	Trends of trade off View usage for: 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 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] See full dictionary entry for trade trade-off also tradeoff Word forms: plural trade-offs countable noun A trade-off is a situation where you make a compromise between two things, or where you exchange all or partof 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. trade-off in British English noun an exchange, esp as a compromise trade-off in American English (ˈtreɪdˌɔf) US noun an exchange; esp., a giving up of one benefit, advantage, etc. in order to gain another regarded as more desirable : also written ˈtradeˌoff Examples of 'trade-off' in a sentence trade-off 'What you've got to understand, Thorn, is that everything's a trade-off. James W. Hall OFF THE CHART (2002) In other languages trade off British English: trade-off 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. ...the trade-off between inflation and unemployment. American English: trade-off Brazilian Portuguese: impasse Chinese: 交易 European Spanish: compensación French: compromis German: Handel Italian: compromesso Japanese: 兼ね合い Korean: 균형 European Portuguese: impasse Latin American Spanish: compensación
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