Sunk cost
[经] 沉没成本
🧩 词语组成解析
a. 凹陷的\\nsink的过去式和过去分词
cost
[kɔst]
n. 价钱，代价;花费，费用;牺牲;[用复数][法律]诉讼费;
vi. 价钱为，花费;估计成本;
vt. 付出代价;估价;使丧失;使付出努力;
🗣️ 情景例句
I have to turn off the lights,
我得关掉灯，
I got much volume on the TV set.
我的电视机有很大音量。
There was a tine when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.
曾经有一个时期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取保护。