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第1个回答 2022-07-07
1. 认识这个词(基础篇)
词:trade-off
英英释义:a balance between two opposing things, that you are willing to accept in order to achieve something.
例句:Deciding which modules to display in the Phenomenal English WeChat menu is a matter of trade-off.
2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)
“trade-off”(也可以写成 'tradeoff“)是个 可数名词 ,意思是“ 权衡” “折中”,也可以根据语境接地气地翻译成“鱼与熊掌不可兼得”。它是来自动词短语 'trade off',是个非常高频、好用的地道单词,可以在口语和写作中替换“ balance ”。
生活中充满了各种折中,我们不可能什么都想要,就可以说:
自己翻译:Life is full of trade-offs, it is possible for us to want everything.
👉 Life is full of trade-offs. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. (“ You cannot have your cake and eat it too.”是口语中比较常见的英文谚语,表示“鱼与熊掌不可兼得” ,可以和“trade-off”一起记忆。)
使用“trade-off”时,最常见的表达句式是“ a trade-off between A and B ”。比如,对很多制造商来说,他们必须在质和量之间有所权衡,就可以说:
自己翻译:For many manufacturers, they need to have s trade-off between quality and quantity.
👉 There must be a trade-off between quality and quantity for many manufacturers.
思考:文中用的是there must be a trade-off between A and B
最新一期《经济学人》中一篇关于英国脱欧的文章中有这么一句:
But leaving the EU inevitably involves difficult trade-offs. (“difficult trade-offs”在这里指英国一旦脱欧,就不得不面对政治和经济的权衡。)
3. 从认识到会用(作业)
1)翻译下面的句子:
这个决定是权衡效率和成本后的结果。
自己翻译:There must be a trade-off between efficiency and costs for the decision
👉 The decision is a trade-off between efficiency and cost
4 造句
There must be a trade-off between life and work for many parents.
词:trade-off
英英释义:a balance between two opposing things, that you are willing to accept in order to achieve something.
例句:Deciding which modules to display in the Phenomenal English WeChat menu is a matter of trade-off.
2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)
“trade-off”(也可以写成 'tradeoff“)是个 可数名词 ,意思是“ 权衡” “折中”,也可以根据语境接地气地翻译成“鱼与熊掌不可兼得”。它是来自动词短语 'trade off',是个非常高频、好用的地道单词,可以在口语和写作中替换“ balance ”。
生活中充满了各种折中,我们不可能什么都想要,就可以说:
自己翻译:Life is full of trade-offs, it is possible for us to want everything.
👉 Life is full of trade-offs. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. (“ You cannot have your cake and eat it too.”是口语中比较常见的英文谚语,表示“鱼与熊掌不可兼得” ,可以和“trade-off”一起记忆。)
使用“trade-off”时,最常见的表达句式是“ a trade-off between A and B ”。比如,对很多制造商来说,他们必须在质和量之间有所权衡,就可以说:
自己翻译:For many manufacturers, they need to have s trade-off between quality and quantity.
👉 There must be a trade-off between quality and quantity for many manufacturers.
思考:文中用的是there must be a trade-off between A and B
最新一期《经济学人》中一篇关于英国脱欧的文章中有这么一句:
But leaving the EU inevitably involves difficult trade-offs. (“difficult trade-offs”在这里指英国一旦脱欧,就不得不面对政治和经济的权衡。)
3. 从认识到会用(作业)
1)翻译下面的句子:
这个决定是权衡效率和成本后的结果。
自己翻译:There must be a trade-off between efficiency and costs for the decision
👉 The decision is a trade-off between efficiency and cost
4 造句
There must be a trade-off between life and work for many parents.