The ousted chairman received a $1.5 million payoff from the loss-making oil company.

被辞退的董事长从亏损中的石油公司获得了一笔150万美元的辞退补偿金。

Even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a nice research payoff.

即便如此，克隆狗仍是一个商机，可以带来可观的研究回报。

Creative pursuits should payoff.

创造性的追求是有好处的。

The payoff will be huge.

这项服务的回报应该会很丰厚。

Where's the payoff on the humanities?

学人文科学的报偿在何处呢？

But when successful, the payoff is huge.

但是一旦成功，回报是巨大的。

But look closer. There is always a payoff.

但是请仔细想想，回报总归是有的。

Sometimes their payoff is a little bigger.

有时候他们的收获会更大些。

What's the Payoff?

回报是什么？

That cost comes with a payoff: early error detection.

成本也伴随着收益：早期的错误检测。

They did so because they gave more weight to the payoff.

这么做只是因为他们更看重回报。

That investment is substantial, but the payoff is greater.

尽管需要的金额相当庞大但是回报是更大的。

We design every strategy to have a positive payoff structure.

我们制定的每一项策略都是为了获得积极的回报。

You are choosing what you value more: the payoff or the tradeoff!

你正在选择你认为更有价值的：回报还是代价！

Now this may sound strange, but there is a payoff from carrying grudges.

这也许听上去有点奇怪，但是带着怨恨生活真的会给你带来不好的结果。

Well, flossing is a hassle, and the payoff is in the distant future.

没错，用牙线是一件麻烦事，而清洁牙齿所带来的益处可能在很遥远的将来才得以体现。

Ideally, the "meaningful payoff" leads rightinto the next motivating goal.

如果这个“有意义的收获”恰好能引导学习者发现另一个激励人的目标，那就更理想了。

It's riskier than Yahoo's strategy, but the payoff could be be Titanic.

虽然Google的战略要比Yahoo冒险的多，但是其回报可能是巨大的。

In other words, what's the payoff for doing this seemingly negative thing?

换句话说，什么是这个看似消极的行为的回报？

So, how will you stay motivated today when the payoff won’t come for so many years?

当结果很多年后才会出现，你要如何在当下保持自己做这件事的积极性呢？

Furthermore, costly punishment did not increase the average payoff of the group.

此外，昂贵的惩罚不会增加群体的平均收益。

Do they gamble on cooperation (high payoff) or defection (low, but sure payoff)?

他们是在赌合作(高回报)还是背叛(低，但是肯定有回报)吗？

And the payoff for doing more, in Washington and around the world, could be huge.

这些成果显示了它应该在华盛顿和世界各地做得更多，将能收获巨大。

Like a lot of cosmic science, the payoff isn't immediate -- but it lasts forever.

像许多宇宙科学一样，（基础科学研究）没有现世现报的---但人类会永远地受益下去。

This is a challenging task to achieve, but the long term payoff can be tremendous.

这是一个极具挑战性的任务，但是长期回报是巨大的。

For example, in a game the payoff for completing a level might be "You Get a New Weapon".

举个例子，在游戏里，你通关的收获可能是“你获得了新装备”。

No one can say for sure; much of the payoff from leadership development is far down the road.

没人能做出肯定回答，因为领导力开发的好处要经过很长一段时间才能显现。