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zero-sum game

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌzero-sum ˈgame noun [singular]  EQUALa situation in which you receive as much money or advantages as you give away 得益与损失平衡的局面,零和游戏[局面] Diplomatic negotiations often aim at a zero-sum game. 外交谈判常常以零和为目标。
Examples from the Corpus
zero-sum gameThis appears to be a zero-sum game, because what one developing country gains is at the expense of another.Law is not, in most cases, a zero-sum game.The Alliance Party insists that the conflict is not a zero-sum game but very few people are impressed by it.Job loss is not a zero-sum game, where they win and we lose.Above all, this new science was not a zero-sum game.
From Longman Business Dictionaryzero-sum gameˌzero-ˈsum game noun [countable] American English a situation in which a balance is achieved between something such as money received and something given awayThe utility business is a zero-sum game - if local governments chopped $ 8 million off their power bills, that fiscal load would just be dumped onto the backs of other ratepayers.
ˌzero-sum ˈgame nounChineseSyllable
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zero-sum game
ˌzero-sum ˈgame noun [singular]
a situation in which you receive as much money or advantages as you give away:
    Diplomatic negotiations often aim at a zero-sum game.


zero-sum gameBrE /ˌzɪərəʊ ˈsʌm ɡeɪm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌzɪroʊ ˈsʌm ɡeɪm/ 🔊, /ˌziːroʊ ˈsʌm ɡeɪm/ 🔊 nouna situation in which what is gained by one person or group is lost by another person or group 零和对策,零和博弈(一方得益一方受损、两者得失相抵的情形)