Both would also use tax increases on higher-earning Americans, various other taxes, and reductions in payments to medical-care providers under the government Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay the costs of expanded insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

It's very expensive when you take into account not only the direct costs, but also the costs that you pay advisors to help you make these decisions.

非常昂贵,不仅需要考虑直接成本,还要考虑,支付给帮你做决策的顾问们的费用

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

They have to pay--the premium has to cover the costs, so it was tough to get someone to buy life insurance even though they really needed it--it was such a good idea for them.

因为保费必须要超过保险公司的成本,因此,尽管寿险很好,人们也需要它,但是真正要说服人们购买,却是很困难的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The president said the federal government has already reformed the student loan system and increased tax credits for families struggling to pay college education costs.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

It's going to be that if my preferred beer flavor is here say, this is me, my preferred beer flavor is here, then if I end up having to consume Guinness, I have to pay the price of Guinness and I also incur some costs because Guinness isn't the perfect beer for me, it's a little bit too strong.

它变成,如果我喜爱的啤酒味道,如果是我的话,我喜欢的啤酒味道在这,然后如果我最后不得不选择吉尼斯,我必须要支付吉尼斯的价格并且,我还会支出一些成本,因为吉尼斯不是我最爱的啤酒,它太强了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The company,Marjyn Investments, also agreed to pay for the workers' health care costs.

VOA: special.2010.10.11

If I consume Bud Light, then I have to pay for the Bud Light, I think it typically costs less, the price, the raw price is less than Guinness but I also pay an additional cost from the fact that Bud Light, when I drink it, causes me "disutility": we'll put it politely like that.

如过我买百威淡啤酒,我必须要支付百威淡啤酒的价格,我想它会便宜点,原材料的价格比吉尼斯低,但我同样要支付附加成本因为百威淡啤酒,当我喝它的时候,味道一般,我表达得委婉一点

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

They have little cash to pay for the indirect costs of education like school uniforms,transport, lunch money,tutoring fees and books.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

European incentive programs threatened to spin out of control when solar module prices dropped - decreasing producers' costs - while the rates utilities had to pay to buy that power stayed high.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23