If progressiveness and regressiveness are even words.

如果累进税递减税平等的话。

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，增加样本对准确性的回报会递减。

They too can become scarcer and less productive with age.

线粒体的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递减。

Salt, on the other hand, is a negative feedback system — the desire for salt decreases as the sodium content of the body rises.

而盐是一种负反馈系统——体对盐的欲望随着体内钠含的增加而递减。

This means that the auction begins at a higher up asking price which is lowered until it reaches a price that someone is willing to pay.

也就是说拍卖竞由高开始依次递减至某个，有竞买愿意应止。

The other 8% of the global nuclear arsenal is controlled in descending order of numbers by France, China, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea.

其余 8% 的全球核武库按递减顺序由法国、中国、英国、巴基斯坦、印度、以色列朝鲜控制。

Simply increasing the number of GPUs will provide diminishing returns. Computer scientists are therefore looking for cleverer, less resource-intensive ways to train future AI models.

单纯增加GPU的将带来递减的回报。因此，计算机科学家正在寻找更聪明、资源密集程度更低的方法来训练未来的工智能模型。

When something is decreasing at an exponential level, it never quite gets to zero, but it gets closer and closer and closer, right?

当某物以指级别递减时，它永远不会完全达到零， 而是越来越接近， 越来越接近，对吧？

More efficient growth would require a lower input of capital (as well as energy and labour) per yuan of extra output.

经济更有效的增长要求在生产的边际增长中，资金，能源力等生产要素的边际投入递减。

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。

Economists also characterize taxes as regressive, progressive and proportional.

经济学家还按特点将税收分为递减税、累进税比例税。

Reason 2: The returns are diminishing.

回报正在递减。

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，如果积累得太快，回报会递减，甚至是负面结果。

The Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns applies to all sorts of tasks.

边际收益递减法则适用于各种场合。

In the U.S., some economists argue the progressiveness of our income tax code offsets the regressiveness of many other taxes we pay.

在美国，一些经济学家认为我们的累进税抵消了我们支付的其他递减税。

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

销售税，特别是必备物品的销售税被认为是递减税。