They struggled to limit the cost by enforcing a low-tech specification.

他们通过强制执行一种低技术规范来竭力限制成本。

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The British are supposed to be famous for laughing at themselves, but even their sense of humour has a limit, as the British retailer Gerald Ratner found out to his cost.

英国人本应以自嘲著称，但就连他们的幽默感也有限度，英国零售商杰拉尔德·拉特纳在付出一定的代价之后才明白了这一点。

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Unless the whole production cost could be reduced to a reasonable limit, the company would have to double its budget by next year.

" 除非把产品成本降到合理极限，否则明年前公司不得不将预算翻倍"，也就是说，成本降不下来的话，预算就必须翻倍。

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Judge Wright says the cost of gathering lots of scientific evidence can limit the use in real-life trials.

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They passed laws to limit the cost of railroad transportation and crop storage.

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People with knowledge of the talks say the government is putting pressure on SNS Reaal to limit the cost for taxpayers.

WSJ: SNS Reaal Is in Talks to Avoid Bailout

As we went to press, Mr Draghi was to put flesh on his pledge to limit the cost of medium-term borrowing by governments (and hence companies).

ECONOMIST: Saving the euro

It recommended the European Central Bank should cut rates and increase its purchases of government bonds in order to to limit the cost of borrowing for governments.

BBC: OECD warns of European recession