In many cases, therapy today costs less than it used to.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

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

Revenues minus costs makes profits, and again, for those of you who are less familiar with economics, I'm hoping this is not really too hard but you can read up on it.

收入减去成本就是利润,对经济学不太了解的同学,我觉得这个很简单,你们都能听懂吧

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

He says it costs less than $1.00 to vaccinate a child against measles.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

It costs less than $1.00 to save a child's life.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

In addition,using the lambs costs much less than hiring workers to prune the vines for seven weeks in the summer.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

They spend less than twenty-five percent on fund raising and administrative costs.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

"It's quieter,it has less vibration, its inherently less complex which drives down costs, and it's easier to operate."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Some business groups complain that the proposed tax changes will impose new costs on U.S.firms and make them less competitive in the global marketplace.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Bigger government,more mandates, more control,less freedom, or lower costs,more opportunity, more freedom or more choice.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Many say cutbacks in services are inevitable, and there is constant debate about how to balance health services with rising costs, rising demand and less revenue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

As for cost,Dr.Miller says patients with a heart pump spend less time in a hospital and have lower hospital costs than patients with severe heart disease.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27