Economists also characterize taxes as regressive, progressive and proportional.

经学家还按特点将税收分为递减税、累进税和比例税。

Sales taxes, especially on essential items, are considered regressive.

税，特别是必备物品的税被认为是递减税。

Because you can only study so many hours in a day, longer hours yields diminishing returns.

因为你一天只能学习这么多小时，更长的时间会产生报酬递减。

And that's why we structured it as a spend-down fund.

这就是为什么我们将其构建为支出递减基金。

And ultimately, increasing the sample size can have diminishing returns on accuracy.

最终，增加样本量对准确性的回报会递减。

They too can become scarcer and less productive with age.

线体的数量和活力也会随着年龄增长而递减。

Minutes. I mean, its half-life is decreasing exponentially.

它的半衰期每分钟正以指数递减。

But regressive taxes take a higher toll on people with lower income than high income earners.

但是递减税对低收入人群的影响要高于高收入人群。

Singapore's government, unlike New York's or London's, is its citizens' overall tax authority, and its tax system is regressive.

与纽约或伦敦的政府不同，新加坡政府是公民的总体税务机关，并且是递减的征税体制。

The results aren't linear though, and there are diminishing returns and even negative outcomes if volume accumulates too quickly.

然而，结果不是线性的，如果数量积累得太快，回报会递减，甚至是负面结果。

Reason 2: The returns are diminishing.

回报正在递减。

And that's why regressive tax takes a disproportionate toll on people with lower incomes.

这就是递减税对低收入人群造成不成比例的伤害的原因。

It advises close tax havens, stop what it calls regressive forms of taxation and increase investment in free public services.

该组织建议关闭避税港，取消所谓的递减税，并增加对免费公共服务的投资。

Some economists argue that fees for things like hunting licenses, toll roads, and driver's licenses are also regressive.

一些经学家认为，对狩猎执照、收费公路和驾照等的征税也是递减税。

If progressiveness and regressiveness are even words.

如果累进税和递减税平等的话。

This is the law of diminishing marginal utility.

这就是边际效用递减法则。

Beyond some level of income, the value of each additional dollar has diminishing returns in terms of our day-to-day well-being.

除了某种程度的收入之外，额外一美元的价值对我们的日常幸福来说回报是递减的。

Well, think about that descending bid, that descending open auction.

那么，考虑一下那个递减出价，即递减公开拍卖。

To travel optimistically, the mouse follows the trail of decreasing numbers down to zero.

为了乐观地行进，鼠标跟随数字递减的路径直到零。

Simply increasing the number of GPUs will provide diminishing returns.

单纯增加 GPU 的数量将会导致收益递减。