There is always a fixed initial cost associated with planning and running a test: it is better to depreciate this start-up cost across the findings from multiple users.

初始的运行成本和测试计划相关，多个用户对于降低最初的成本效果更好。

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The cost of starting up a day-care centre for children ranges from $150,000 to $300,000.

开办一家儿童日托中心的费用在15到30万美元之间不等。

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He reckoned up the cost of everything in his mind.

他在脑子里把所有费用都合计了一下。

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Many programs cost up to one thousand dollars or more, though some are available for poor families.

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What we really want to worry about is, as the size of the problem gets larger, how does this thing grow? How does the cost go up?

随着问题规模的变大，解决问题花费的代价是怎么增长的,因此我们将会主要地讲讲？

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So, these are some of the controversies that arise these days from cost-benefit analysis, especially those that involve placing a dollar value on everything to be added up.

以上即为近来对成本效益分析,引发的一些争论，尤其是其中那些,认为可以用金钱衡量一切的观点。

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They usually say that they have an experienced estimator who works up cost estimates.

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The obvious downside here, is that higher temperatures require more power and more rugged components that could drive up cost.

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As Fallows pointed out ages ago, the military hangs all sorts of gadgets and capabilities on new programs, driving up cost and complexity, delaying completion and increasing the maintenance costs.

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