trade off

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To choose (something) in exchange for something else, where having both at once is not an available option. transitive
    — In the entry-level product category, the engineers had to trade off maximal durability for affordable upfront cost.
  2. To choose among options, where having them all at once is not an available option. intransitive
    — Part of being a competent engineer is knowing how to trade off appropriately among mutually exclusive options, depending on the specified requirements for each design.

词形变化

trades off present,singular,third-person trading off participle,present traded off participle,past traded off past
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