In a statement, BP said the sum includes "the cost of the spill response, containment, relief well drilling, grants to the Gulf states, claims paid and federal costs" that have emerged since April 20.

在一份声明里，英国石油公司(BP)表示这笔总金额涉及自4月20日以来的“泄漏应急，防漏，减压井的钻探费用，墨西哥湾沿岸各州的补贴，索赔及联邦费用”。

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If the anticipated cost is high, they tune the statement and the physical design of the database to reduce its anticipated cost, often by adding an index.

如果预期成本很高，他们会调整语句和数据库的物理设计(常常会添加索引)，从而降低预期成本。

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Instead of including these payments as a cost in the income statement, Coke spread out the cost over a longer period, classifying it as an investment in retailing assets.

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If Spicuzza had checked the Twitter stream of the civilians present, she would have seen that, however good-faith her statement, it cost her department its credibility to comment.

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In a statement, BP said its cost-cutting should be seen in the context of the sharp fall in oil prices in 2008, which squeezed all oil companies' profits.

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