Sony will lose money on each PS3 sold for the first couple of years until higher volumes and design improvements reduce costs.

除非索尼增加销量、改进设计从而降低成本，否则在头几年里，索尼每卖一台PS3都会亏本。

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The concern was that the farmers would be reluctant to accept the proposed changes because, ultimately, these would reduce the design standards for water supply to the farms.

人们的关切是，农民可能会不愿意接受建议的变化，因为它们最终会降低农民的供水设计标准。

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Most notably is the inclusion of functional programming techniques to reduce the need for design patterns.

其中最明显的部分莫过于引入了函数式编程技术，从而减少了设计模式的使用。

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Because EPR is not prescriptive about implementation, it provides incentives for businesses to voluntarily reduce packaging and get innovative with materials and design.

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Lower turbines should, together with clever design and material selection, help reduce the turbines' weight, and thus their need for ballast, which in turn should reduce sub-sea costs.

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Milliman warns that for high-cost patients it is risky to use conventional insurance plan design tactics to try to reduce expenses.

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