And what it involves is placing a value, usually a dollar value, to stand for utility on the costs and the benefits of various proposals.

其做法包括，作出估价，通常是估计出金额，来代表功利,即分别列出成本，和各项收益的金额。

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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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In product placement, you might think when you're placing a gas station, you might think it would be nice if gas stations spread themselves evenly out over the town or out over the road.

在产品植入领域里,假设你在考虑设立一个加油站,你会想如果加油站,能均匀覆盖城镇每个角落,或者遍布整条公路那该多好

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It's a river that, I think, all classical writers, and a lot of Renaissance writers, are very comfortable placing in the underworld.

我认为对于所有的经典作家，和很多文艺复兴时期的作家，忘川在地狱中都是一个舒适的所在。

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That's probably as important a decision as placing it, as deciding which direction to hit, and it turns out to matter.

踢球的力度与射门的方向,这两者是同样重要的

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And you remember, we considered some examples of cost-benefit analysis, but a lot of people were unhappy with cost-benefit analysis when it came to placing dollar value on human life.

我们还思考了些成本效益分析的例子，但许多人并不赞同,成本效益分析用金钱来衡量人的生命。

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