The cost of living has risen sharply.

生活费用已急剧上涨。

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The full cost of the wedding fell on us.

整个婚礼费用由我们负担了。

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The cost of living has increased dramatically.

生活费用已大幅增长了。

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In February,Senator Lamar Alexander warned higher education leaders that they risk rejection unless they lower the cost of attending college.

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Now, instead of being the cost of traveling that distance to go and buy the product, what's it going to be?

不是走一定距离,去买产品的成本,它是什么呢

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So the cost of the product will be higher for them, for you know, for any product that uses advertising

所以他们的产品价格就会更高，你知道，任何打广告的产品。

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Without any checks and balances the cost of stanching carbon dioxide will be practically unlimited.

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Greenwald hopes to compensate in part by cutting the cost of getting tickets into passengers hands.

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Three recent developments at the FDA will further increase the time and cost of drug development.

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