加尔文和马丁以葡萄干行业为例，观察了过去不断上升的就业成本是如何促使人们采用节省劳动力的农业技术的。
Calvin and Martin have observed how rising employment costs led to the adoption of labour-saving farm technology in the past, citing the raisin industry as an example.
降低的成本也有助于那些能够生产不同形状和尺寸的成品铁制品的蒸汽动力轧钢厂的发展。
Reduced cost was also instrumental in developing steam-powered rolling mills capable of producing finished iron of various shapes and sizes.
使用廉价劳动力有助于降低成本。
由于劳动力成本是他们最大的成本之一——平均占美国农场生产费用的42%——他们开始使用一种由酿酒商使用的机器改装而成的机械收割机。
With labour one of their biggest costs—42 percent of production expenses on U.S. farms, on average—they started using a mechanical harvester adapted from a machine used by wine makers.
劳动力价格和劳动力成本相等的说法得到了商业记者的支持，他们经常混淆这两者。
The myth that labor rates and labor costs are equivalent is supported by business journalists, who frequently confound the two.
该机器的发明者声称，它将减少人工除草的需要，从而降低劳动力成本。
The inventor of the machine claims that it will reduce labor costs by virtually eliminating the need for manual weeding.
这个神话导致了这样一种假设，即公司可以通过降低工资来降低劳动力成本。
This myth leads to the assumption that a company can simply lower its labor costs by cutting wages.
尽管市场上需要更多的人手，大部分公司还是希望保持较低的劳动力成本。
Despite the need for more people in the market, most companies want to keep down labour costs.
最后，与法国政府关系密切的人士私下抱怨，认为欧元区成员国应该同意一些财政和社会协调：例如，抑制在企业税率或劳动力成本方面的竞争。
Finally, figures close to the France government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonization: e.g., curbing competition in corporate tax rates or labor costs.
例如，著名的商业杂志经常评论德国劳动力的“高”成本，以德国工人的平均工资作为证据。
For example, prominent business journals often remark on the "high" cost of German labor, citing as evidence the average amount paid to German workers.
企业可以根据其他因素选址，如劳动力的可用性，减少对产出成本的担忧。
Businesses can locate based on other considerations, such as the availability of labour, while worrying less about the cost of delivering their output.
如果它不得不为每两个孩子雇佣一名看护者，那么当其他费用上涨时，它就无法节约劳动力成本。
If it has to hire a caregiver for every two children, it can't really achieve any economies of scale on labor to save money when other expenses go up.
由于劳动力是他们最大的成本之一——平均占美国农场生产成本的42%——他们开始使用机械收割。
With labour one of their biggest costs—42 percent of production expenses on U.S. farms, on average—they started using a mechanical harvest.
这里的成本削减定义为在保持劳动力数量不变的情况下提高劳动力产出。
Cost-cutting here is defined as raising labor output while holding the amount of labor constant.
科学家称，水动力宇宙飞船可以大幅减少火星之旅的成本。
Scientists say that a water-powered spaceship could make the trip to Mars much cheaper.
这绝非如此，因为供应链本身就依赖于低廉的劳动力成本。
No, the supply chains themselves depend on the costs of labor being low.
如果美元贬值，那么他的收入将下降，但劳动力成本却没有变化。
If the dollar falls, so do his earnings, but his Labour costs are unchanged.
飙升的劳动力成本就是一个原因。
新机器把劳动力的成本几乎降到零。
另一个担忧则是劳动力成本的上涨。
测算单位劳动力成本是企业估算人力成本的最好方法。
Unit Labour costs are the best estimate of staffing costs faced by firms.
飞盘可看作是低劳动力成本的产品，劳动力成本占总成本的大约20%。
A Frisbee is considered to be a low labor product at about 20% of the total cost.
通过加班不付工资，劳动力成本会更低。
代工行业利润本来就微薄，现在还受到中国劳动力成本上涨的威胁。
The already-thin margins in that industry are threatened by the rising cost of Labour in China.
飞盘可看作是低劳动力成本的产品，劳动力成本占总成本的大约20%。
Frisbee is considered to be a low labor product at about 20% of the total cost.
飞盘可看作是低劳动力成本的产品，劳动力成本占总成本的大约20%。
Frisbee is considered to be a low labor product at about 20% of the total cost.
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