English Dictionary

diminishing returns

名詞

慣用表現 複数形 複数形のみ

(idiomatic) A condition in which additional inputs into an organization, project or process produce progressively fewer or lower-quality additional outputs, and may, in extreme cases, cause the total quantity or quality of outputs to decrease.

日本語の意味

追加の投入が徐々に少ない、または質の低い成果しかもたらさなくなる現象、すなわち、投入が増加しても得られる効果が逓減する現象。 / 場合によっては、投入を増やすと全体の成果が逆に減少する可能性がある状況。

We continued to pour resources into the project, but soon hit diminishing returns as coordination costs and errors began to outweigh the benefits.

私たちはプロジェクトに資源を注ぎ続けましたが、やがて調整コストやミスが利益を上回り始め、限界収益の逓減に直面しました。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A condition in which additional inputs into an organization, project or process produce progressively fewer or lower-quality additional outputs, and may, in extreme cases, cause the total quantity or quality of outputs to decrease.

Brüno was a case of diminishing returns, intermittently amusing but not nearly as bracing or funny as Borat—it didn’t help that Brüno was the most thinly conceived of all his Da Ali G Show characters—and the lead-up to Baron Cohen’s new comedy, The Dictator, made it look like he’d boxed himself into a corner.