释义
[ zeer -oh-suhm ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈzɪər oʊˌsʌm / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective of or denoting a system in which the sum of the gains equals the sum of the losses: a zero-sum economy.
Origin of zero-sum First recorded in 1955–60
Words nearby zero-sum zero-point energy, zero population growth, zero-rate, zero-rated, zero stage, zero-sum , zero-sum game, zeroth, zeroth law of thermodynamics, zero tillage, zero tolerance
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Example sentences from the Web for zero-sum Advocates often describe a zero-sum game, in which more of one inevitably means less of the other.
Renewables Can Make Fossil Fuel More Efficient | The Daily Beast| May 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Neither a civic voice nor a decent life is something a person should have to earn in zero-sum competition.
We Need More Class Traitors: Solving America’s Meritocracy Problem | Jedediah Purdy| April 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Yet the function of blogging in a big-media context is not a zero-sum game.
Why the Washington Post Switched Bloggers | James Poulos| January 25, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But gaining while your opponents are dropping is all you need to win in the zero-sum game.
Polls Show the GOP Is Now Losing Their Faithful | Kirsten Powers| October 11, 2013| DAILY BEAST
But it is becoming a zero-sum game, where no party can win without others losing, and everyone is choosing sides.
Death on the Nile | Christopher Dickey, Mike Giglio| July 8, 2013| DAILY BEAST
These economies are predatory in the sense that they engage in zero-sum games.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
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