"Because of corruption in defense deals, countries either end up getting defense equipment which they don't really need or they get defense equipment which they may legitimately need but which costs much much more than it should be costing them."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

I don't want to have to consider how much it costs or what multiple of number of tickets I want to get.

我不关心着需要花多少钱,或者我需要多少张票。

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But you know, the average apartment there is much nicer, much bigger, costs obviously a lot more as well.

但是，这里房子的平均水平要更好，也更大，但当然价格也更贵。

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Yet insurance usually costs too much for a farmer with as little as a hectare or two of land.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

No, instead we have to click other amount at bottom right there, when we have to input 4-0-0 in this screen 4-0-0 after consulting visually the little cheat sheet on the device itself it tells you in a very long chart how much one pass costs so we multiply and type in 4-0-0, we hit enter.

不，然而我们必须点击,右下边的这个，当我们需要在这个屏幕上,输入0,通过咨询那个设备上小说明,它在一个很长的图表上,告诉你，每一站需要多少钱，我们加起来,输入了4-0-0，点击输入。

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But experts say the recession has not cut enrollment in four-year programs, even with their higher sometimes much higher -- costs.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

is so much greater than the 30 cents that the apple costs.

成本会比30美分更多。

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For example, you want to buy a new car, because the old one has some problems But your wife throws cold water on the idea, because a computer costs too much.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

But for developing countries, that costs too much.

VOA: special.2009.08.03

She says lower costs have eased her family's financial burden because they used to spend much more on water.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

He estimates rates in his home state could go up by as little as 0.03 percent to as much as 15 percent, depending on how many customers a utility company has to spread the costs across.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23