Opportunity Cost

This rate of return is often referred to asthe discount rate, hurdle rate, or opportunity cost of capital.

这个回报率通常指贴现因子、最低预期资本收益率或者资本的机会成本。

OPEC works because Saudi Arabia is prepared to invest in, and carry the opportunity cost of, spare capacity .

欧佩克之所以发挥作用是因为沙特愿意投资闲置产能，并承担由此引发的机会成本。

The opportunity cost of an item is what you give up to obtain that item.

一个项目的机会成本是你放弃获得该项目。

The economic impact of unemployment can be used to understand the concept of opportunity cost.

失业的经济影响可以用机会成本的概念来理解。

In difficult times those earnings may fall or even disappear, reducing the opportunity cost of taking a year out.

在困难时期这些薪水工资可能会减少或者消逝，减少了这一年离开的机会成本。

There's no opportunity cost to the money, since it's not like the rail ministry would otherwise be building a chain of noodle shops.

由于这些项目不是在建立面条连锁店，是铁道部建设的项目，所以有钱不用，过期作废。

There is such a thing as opportunity cost, money not spent on Libya can be put to better use easing the pain of the American taxpayer.

有这样一个机会成本的事情，花在利比亚上的钱能有更好的用途，以减轻美国纳税人的痛苦。

Losing is part of trading, but opportunity cost is to be considered when hoping for a losing position to reverse course.

损失是交易的一部分，但当损失的状况将扭转时，机会成本应被考虑在内。

The opportunity cost is often seen as too great.

人们往往认为机会成本太高。

Should the coffee shop offer wireless internet access if it isn't willing to accept the opportunity cost associated with it?

如果这家咖啡店不愿意承担提供无线上网服务附带的机会成本，那么，它是否应该提供该项服务呢？

I do not think everyone should leave college, but I challenge my peers to consider the opportunity cost of going to class.

我认为并非每个人都应该离开大学校园，但是我鼓励我的同学们考虑下进课堂的机遇成本。

What's more, as wages continue to rise, the opportunity cost for peasants to leave high school and enter the work force skyrockets.

而且，随着工资不断上涨，农民离开学校的机会成本高，进入劳动力队伍众多。

Thus, an opportunity cost of vacationing onthebeachinCape Cod might be missing the fabulous restaurants in the Napa Valley.

所以选择到美国麻州鳕角海滩度假的机会成本，可能是牺牲加州纳帕谷一家很棒的餐厅。

Even the major oil companies may be unwilling to put their capital to use if the opportunity cost is too great and the returns too low.

假如机会成本太高而回报又太低，即使是主要产油公司也不愿意投入其资本。

The opportunity cost of worry, anxiety, stress, and incessant activity in terms of unmanifested innovation alone is inestimable.

仅从创新角度来讲，担忧、焦虑、紧张和持续不断的活动带来的机会成本就是无可估量的。

Marginal opportunity cost----The additional cost of providing the last unit of good as measured by what is given up.

边际机会成本——提供最后一单元商品的额外成本，慎重的做出放弃什么。

Opportunity cost : The cost of a business decision in comparison to other alternative scenarios.

机会成本：与其它替代方案相比较做出业务决策的成本。

Economists use the term comparative advantage when describing the opportunity cost of two producers.

经济学家在描述两个生产者的机会成本时会用相对优势这个名词来解释。

Some companies even identify an amount of the proposal budget to set aside, again to identify a minimum sales opportunity cost.

有些公司甚至会指明将提留一定数额的提案预算，并确定一个最低销售机会成本。

I'm not doing an assessment on the impact of Iraq as an opportunity cost to other missions within CentCom around the world.

我不是在评估伊拉克作为机会成本对中央司令部在全球的其他使命造成的影响。