They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same resources.

他们认为他们在玩一场零和游戏，双方必须争夺同样的资源。

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Memory management is ultimately a zero-sum game of tradeoffs.

内存管理实际上是一种关于权衡的零和游戏。

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Blogging, for example, is not a zero-sum game.

比如，写博客不是一个零博弈游戏。

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So,after taking into account the market impact, and the commissions,and the fees, this zero-sum game becomes a negative-sum game.

所以,考虑到市场冲击,佣金,规费,这一零和博弈变成了负和博弈

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First of all, happiness is a positive sum game-- it's not a zero sum game.

首先，快乐是正和游戏-,不是零和游戏。

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We've already talked about how security selection is a zero-sum game.

我们已经讨论过,证券选择是个零和博弈

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The key work variable is zero-sum vs. non-zero sum (both negative-sum and positive-sum).

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The second eternal truth: Success is not a zero-sum game, though most academic economists, pundits and politicians act as if it were--maybe because they vie for glory in zero-sum professions. (There can be only 1 U.S. President and 100 senators, for example.) The third eternal truth: The Golden Rule is more than a spiritual truth, it is a business truth.

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The virtue of HSAs, however, goes well beyond this semi-zero-sum mentality: The way health care is delivered will change as providers find it in their best interest to come up with inno-vative breakthroughs.

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