Republicans and many conservative Democrats are balking on the cost of the reform, which could reach one trillion dollars over the next several years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

It depends on the cost.

这取决于油费了。

It depends on 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Julie says we can't put a number on human life for the purpose of a cost-benefit analysis.

朱莉认为，我们不该为了成本效益分析,给人的生命标价。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

But a lot of that market has moved to free or low-cost advertising on the Internet, including sites like Craigslist.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

It used to be that you had to big thick course packets that cost a lot of money, but now everything thankfully is available electronically on the course website.

过去你们总是,有厚厚的一打昂贵的资料,好在现在所资料都是电子版的,能在课程网站上得到

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The recently announced World Alzheimer Report places a shocking financial cost on care linked to dementia, or loss of mental abilities.

VOA: special.2010.10.05

That is to say, it was some kind of a big religious thing going on here, where the king-- it was obviously a royal thing because the cost of it was so enormous; nobody else could afford a tomb of that kind.

也就是说,蜂窝墓与庞大的宗教行为有关,很显然与皇室相关,这是国王所埋葬的地方,因为建造它耗资巨大,没有其他人能建造的起这种墓穴

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The cost depends on the difficulty of the subject and how soon the paper is needed.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

Like when we went to go see Wicked, we did it on the lottery and it cost us $26 or so per ticket

比如说我们去看《魔法坏女巫》，我们被抽中了，每张票大概只花了26美元，

实惠的歌舞剧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Last April, Australia's Productivity Commission considered the cost of bullying in a report on workplace safety.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

But on the other hand these advances have also come at a cost. And in this story there's also a sense of longing for the freedom of life in the wild--the innocent, simple, uncomplicated life lived day to day without plans, without toil, in harmony with nature Edenic a somewhat Edenic existence.

但是，换个角度来看，人类付出了代价,才得到这些优点，在这部史诗中，同样存在着,对一种纯真，简单，纯粹生活的向往,每天生活中没有计划，辛劳，与自然和平相处,就像以前的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The government believed it would cost less money and fewer lives to keep Indians on reservations.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Let me finish the picture here; here's my demand curve, here's my constant marginal cost at c, and I want to use this picture on the left now to figure out what the monopoly quantity is.

先把图画完,这条是需求曲线,这个是边际成本常量c,下面我们通过左边的图像,来找出垄断产量

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Failure to put senators on the negotiating team,they say, cost him valuable support later on.

VOA: special.2010.11.04

"The bank will estimate its costs based on its fixed costs, variable costs, the cost of their employees, the rent and so on and so forth.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

They start running ads. This is what they always do" But some objections are based on cost estimates from an independent agency, the Congressional Budget Office.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

On Wednesday, Chrysler members of the United Auto Workers approved cost cutting measures.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

His position on slavery had cost him all support in the South.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

He says it is true that such crops can have higher output with less cost,but added: No one knows the consequences that will have on soil fertility and the human body.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

He was not kidding. The most significant detail is the cost of his plan and its impact on our long-term budget deficit,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

And then invest on someone is a lot of sacrifice" The study says the mean monthly cost incurred by caregivers was about $90.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

On the Palestinian side, any flexibility on the matter of settlements can cost the leadership dearly.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"The Obama moratorium on deep water oil drilling has already cost tens of thousands of jobs."

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

"We had a much different dynamic of what was going on inside of Vietnam insofar as what was the cost, the human cost of the war."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

He says the emphasis should be on common sense preventive measures that cost little, but could go a long way toward preventing the spread of viruses.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

But technology expert Rob Atkinson says smartphones will most likely not be widely used in many developing nations because of their cost, and the cost of connected on-line data plans.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

"So what you get may be cost, but what you give up may be the on-going relationship, the communication, the follow-up care, and things,traditionally, American patients have held very dear."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"And the polls differ on how questions are asked, but certainly all the polls have moved to much more skepticism about the cost and about worries about the government role,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

On the other hand, only 44 percent believed the war is worth the cost in a recent ABC News Washington Post poll, down from 56 percent in March of last year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"We must keep in mind how even apparently unsuccessful attacks on Western mass transportation systems can bring major cities to a halt, cost the enemy billions and send his corporations into bankruptcy."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01