It was decided to make the replica half-scale for reasons of cost and time, and synthetic materials were used for the stitching.

由于成本和时间的原因，我们决定将复制品缩小一半，并使用合成材料来缝合。

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The project is on such a gigantic scale that the cost is hard to calculate.

工程浩大， 所费不赀。

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It rapidly increased productivity and scale, lowering the cost of goods and services it provided relative to business's offerings.

有赖于商业部门的帮助，它降低所提供的产品服务的成本，快速提高了生产率、扩大了规模。

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The UN health agencies say it could cost about $39 billion over the next six years to scale up the recommended measures in the 68 high-risk developing countries.

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The fact remains that a huge opportunity exists for someone an entrepreneurial venture, an established company to innovate and scale cost-competitive clean energy.

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Economies of scale are the cost savings associated with a larger production scale (size) of certain product, the larger the production scale, the lower the per unit product cost.

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Economies of scale are the cost savings associated with a larger production size of certain product, the larger the production scale, the lower the per unit product cost.

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