社会成本
shè​huì​chéng​běn

social cost

  • created sense approved 社会成本/社會成本 · shè​huì​chéng​běn · social cost — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    社会成本 / 社會成本

    shè​huì​chéng​běn

    social cost

    The cost paid by society as a whole for the actions of an individual, group, or government, often referring to negative consequences like pollution or emergency rescue expenses that are not borne by the original actors.

    社会 (literal) → 社会/社會 · shè​huì · society; social 成本 (literal) → 成本 · chéng​běn · cost

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    created sense