Economists call it " deadweight loss" and they estimate that up to 30% of the value of all gifts is wasted.

经济学家称之为“无谓损失”，他们估计所有礼物中有高达30%的价值被浪费了。

Economists call this " deadweight loss" and they estimate that up to 30% of the value of all gifts is wasted.

经济学家称之为" 无谓损失" ，他们估计所有礼物中有高达30%的价值被浪费了。

Have I stopped being a deadweight to all?

我是否已经不再是所有人的赘了？

To him this plane is nothing but a giant tube-full of anonymous deadweight, supported in the air by a handful of sparking plugs, and guided to its destination by a scrap of electricity.

对他来说，这架飞机只不过是一个巨大的管子， 里面装满了无名的自重，由一把火花塞支中，并由一点电力引导到目的地。

On the other hand, at least a part of the government's expenditure is a deadweight loss because it remunerates the bureaucrats and politicians involved in the redistribution process.

另一方面，政府支出至少有一部分是净损失，因为它需要支付参与再分配过程的官僚和政客的报酬。

You'd eliminate a lot of the deadweight costs with middleman insurance, and you could still have doctors and nurses.

你去掉中间人保险带来的大量无谓成本后，依然可以保留医生和护士。

Bluestar was a deadweight, unable to help herself.

蓝星陷入了沉重的负担，无法自拔。

Unfortunately, increased taxation tends to go hand-in-hand with disproportionately growing bureaucracies, and therefore the deadweight loss of government spending is ever-increasing.

遗憾的是，税收的增加往往伴随着不成比例膨胀的官僚机构，因此政府支出的无谓损失也不断增加。

The elderly tom had stopped struggling now, and hung like a deadweight in Fireheart's jaws.

那只迈的公猫现已经停止了挣扎，像一个沉重的负担一样挂火心的嘴里。