If progressiveness and regressiveness are even words.

如果累进税和递减税平等话。

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，增加样本量对准回报会递减。

They too can become scarcer and less productive with age.

线粒体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.

它半衰期每分钟正以指数递减。

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——体对盐欲望随着体内钠含量增加而递减。

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.

也就是说拍卖竞价由高位开始依次递减至某个价位，有竞买愿意应价止。

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% 武库按数量递减顺序由法国、中国、英国、巴基斯坦、印度、以色列和朝鲜控制。

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数量将带来递减回报。因此，计算机科学家正在寻找更聪明、资源密集程度更低方法来训练未来工智能模型。

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

当某物以指数级别递减时，它永远不会完达到零， 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.

经济更有效增长要求在生产边际增长中，资金，能源和力等生产要素边际投入递减。

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，取消所谓递减税，并增加对免费公共服务投资。

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、累进税和比例税。

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.

与纽约或伦敦政府不同，新加坡政府是公民总体税务机关，并且是递减征税体制。

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，如果数量积累得太快，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累进税抵消了我们支付其他递减税。

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

销售税，特别是必备物品销售税被认为是递减税。