English Dictionary

tragedy of the commons

noun

(ecology, economics, politics, social criticism) A situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource.

The tragedy of the commons is a concept in ecology.

意味（1）

(ecology, economics, politics, social criticism) A situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource.

One theory, known as the tragedy of the commons, holds that people will exploit and abuse something in which they have no ownership stake.