Why dedicate effort and resources to creation or innovation if one is not likely to reap commensurate rewards?

为何还要花费精力和资源来进行创新呢？反正也不会得到等价的回报。

For one, this goes right against the proverbial “all calories are equal.”

首先 这和公认的“卡路里都是等价”的概念背道而驰。

It's called " nepotism" and " quid pro quo" .

称为裙带关系和等价交换。

Diesel engine vehicles are generally more expensive upfront than their gasoline equivalents.

柴油发动机汽车通常比汽油等价物更昂。

These may be an electron and its antimatter equivalent, a positron, or two heavier leptons, a muon and an antimuon.

它们可能是一个电子和它的反物质等价物，一个正电子，或者两个更重的轻子，一个介子和一个反介子。

He changed his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars.

他把英镑兑换成等价的美元。

They'll probably start viewing this one currency as the equivalent of gold.

他们就会开始把这些货看作是黄金的等价物。

That's right. Well, this comes with a quid pro quo.

没错 这就是我和你之间的等价交换。

They will also discover they have been cheated by our educational system.

即使少数幸运的人找到了成人进修的地方，像我语法和写作的地方。在这里，高中毕业和高中辍学的学生为了追求等价的毕业证书必需学习他们本应该在学校学习的东西。他们会发现自己被我们的育系统所欺骗。

But you're saying that sperm selling and baby selling or even surrogacy are very different because... - Yes, they're unequal services.

但你说精子交易和婴儿交易甚至代孕是有很大不同的，因为… … - 是，它们提供的服务不等价。

In studies of similar questions, up to 80 percent of participants chose the equivalent of the second statement: that Lucy is a portrait artist who also plays poker.

在一个提出相似问题的研究中，高达 80% 的参与者选择了与第二个陈述等价的情况：即露西是一个肖像画家，而且也是一个扑克玩家。

Cash and cash equivalents have fallen by half as a share of assets from a high reached during the pandemic, as unions have sought to meet loan demand.

由于信用社力图满足贷款需求，现金和现金等价物占资产的比例已从疫情期间的高点下降了一半。

A public-sector employer could replace its pension plan by buying a promise of equivalent value in the markets and handing over the proceeds to its employees.

公共部门雇主可以在市场上购买等价承诺来替换养老金计划，并将收益发放给雇员。

That mass was equivalent to energy and that matter could be both wavelike and corpuscular carried implications seen only dimly at that time.

质量与能量等价，物质既可以是波动性的，也可以是粒子性的，这些当时只能模糊地看到其含义。

Really? Well, of course. There's no quid pro quo here. You and your colleagues are doing remarkable research, and you deserve the money.

真的吗 当然 现在又不是等价交换 你和你的同事们从事的研究十分杰出 这笔钱是你们应得的。

And through repetition, you voluntarily create thought habits that can influence the subconscious mind and transmute your desire into its monetary equivalent.

通过重复，你会自觉地养成一些思维习惯，这些习惯会影响你的潜意识，并将你的欲望转化为等价的金钱。

They create an equivalence between the terrestrial kings' ability to provide security and the gods' ability to do the same.

它们在世俗国王提供安全的能力与神明提供相同能力之间建立了等价关系。

And C is like the grandfather of all languages, like the Latin equivalent from which many different languages extend.

C 语言就像所有语言的祖父，就像许多不同语言从拉丁语延伸而来的等价物。

It's the equivalent of saying " don't worry about it" or " it'll be fine" .

它和说 " don't worry about it" 是等价的，或者说" it'll be fine" 。

Persistence is essential in transforming desire into its monetary equivalent.

毅力是将欲望转化为货等价物的关键。