Such strict parents should know the law of diminishing returns (收益递减).

这样严格的父母应该知道收益递减规律。

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Like all other human activities, translation is subject to the law of diminishing returns.

跟其他人类活动一样，翻译也是符合收益递减规律的。

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People are frantically looking for fun fixes, but that means they operate under the law of diminishing returns.

人们疯狂地搜寻找乐方法，但这意味着收益递减规律在他们身上发生作用。

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The law of diminishing returns says the more you do something the less good it does you.

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But over the years, Mr Thackeray's sheen appeared to have lost some of its lustre and the law of diminishing returns seemed to have caught up with Shiv Sena's narrow, exclusivist politics.

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At some point, injecting stimulus, likely, runs into the law of diminishing returns, whereby the supposed benefits from the additional spending are offset by the higher deficits, taxes, and interest rates in a world already saddled with way too much debt.

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