Destruction of the existing stockpile is another way of undermining the trade, although some people say it also makes the ivory more expensive.

销毁现有库存象牙是另一个对付非法交易的方式，尽管一些人说，这样做会抬高象牙价格。

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Although with the advantage in functionality, the foreign analysis tools are usually expensive and focus on English UIs. Some report forms supplied by them are not suitable to requirements of users.

这些国外分析工具虽然性能优越，但是往往价格昂贵而且都是英文界面，另外它们提供的一些报表也不太符合用户的需求。

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Although they are very expensive, visitors are also willing to buy some of them for memory.

虽然价格大都不菲，游人们还是愿意买下些有趣的物件留作纪念。

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Although Koetter Kim has produced some expensive-looking ideas, such as building a funicular railway to link the main station with the city centre, Mr Moore insists that the new vision will be affordable.

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Such fibers are abundant and could supply 130 million gallons a year of ethanol that would replace gasoline, although it is still expensive when compared to corn-based ethanol and some early trials have ended in disappointment.

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