But you end up having a great time and meeting new people. You paid a short-term cost but got a long-term benefit.

但是你最后会玩得很高兴并结识新朋友，你付出了短期的成本但你获得了长期利益。

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'The intangible benefits... Cannot be reduced to some kind of short-term cost benefit-analysis, as though one is purchasing a piece of property or an expensive sports car,' she says.

她说，就像买房子或是昂贵的跑车一样，一些无形的好处是无法通过短期的成本效益分析得到体现的。

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Through comparing the characters between the short-term cost and the long-term cost of road freight enterprise cost, the weak monopoly of the road freight enterprise cost is discussed.

通过比较研究公路货运企业的短期成本和长期成本的性质，得出了公路货运企业成本的弱垄断性。

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This will require changes in zoning and planning, maybe at a short-term cost to economic growth.

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When you outsource, how often are competitors able to equally outsource and match your short-term cost reductions?

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The combined bank should therefore cover its 8% short-term cost of capital.

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