In Fenchurch Street a fair child, in costly apparel, stood on a stage to welcome his Majesty to the city.

在芬切琪街，一个穿着昂贵衣服的漂亮孩子站在舞台上，欢迎国王陛下来到这座城市。

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The family had to move from a costly apartment in Manhattan to a small house in Brooklyn.

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So, it's not surprising that asset allocation explains more than 100% of returns and that, for the community as a whole, market timing and security selection are costly and lower the community's aggregate investment returns.

因此资产配置能解释100%以上的回报,也不足为奇了,对投资者整体来说,市场时机选择,和证券选择是有代价的,降低了总的投资回报

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A lot of people in the financial community are annoyed by them because these regulations are costly to comply with and they take a lot of resources.

很多金融界人士对其烦不胜烦,因为执行规范条例的成本很高,一旦执行,占用太多资源

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But he says that is too costly a course to follow just yet.

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Mr Qaddafi may now be realising that, even for him, absolute idealism is too costly a luxury in the late 1990s.

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Bixby, have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

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