sunk cost

常见例句

The moment when you decide to keep silence is the beginning to calculate the sunk cost.
沉默的开始，是计算沉没成本的开始。
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Your judgment has been clouded by the sunk-cost fallacy: you hoped to get a master's degree, great food and an Italian paramour.
沉没成本谬论影响了你的判断：你希望得到一个硕士学位、美食和一位意大利情人。
According to Zhang, one of the problems is that most members see gym membership fees as money spent, or "a sunk cost, especially if you pay at the beginning of the year."
根据张介绍，最主要的问题是会员把健身会费看成是已经花出去的钱，或“沉没成本，尤其是会费在年初时已经交了。”

And a licence fee to enter a market is most definitely a sunk cost.
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It's a sunk cost, and I should stop worrying about it.
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