| 词汇 | sunk-cost |
| 释义 | sunk cost noun[ Cusually plural ] business, finance & economics specializeduk /ˌsʌŋk ˈkɒst/ us /ˌsʌŋk ˈkɑːst/ money that a business or organization has already spent and cannot get back: （已经支出且无法收回的）沉没成本 From an economic perspective, the previous investments are sunk costs.从经济角度来看，以前的投资都属于沉没成本。 If I abandon the project, I know that my advertising expenditure is a sunk cost.如果我放弃这个项目，我知道自己的广告支出将会是沉没成本。 The investment in consolidating a market involves substantial sunk costs and should not be undertaken lightly. When the big casino operators took a look at the construction site and walked away, that was obviously a sign that the bank's sunk costs were never going to be recovered. He said the 52m euros spent on electronic voting should now be written off as a sunk cost. Costs & expenses admission charge aliment all in at cost at someone's expense bank charges outgo overrun palimony price point pricing redress remittance reserve RPI spend transfer fee tune upkeep whack sunk cost | Business Englishsunk cost noun[ C,usually plural ] ACCOUNTINGukus money that a company has already spent or invested in a particular project, etc. and that it cannot get back: Most investment expenditures are largely irreversible - sunk costs that cannot be recovered if market conditions turn out to be worse than expected. |
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