The cost of something is what you give up to get it.

某种东西的成本是为了得到他所放弃的东西。

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The cost of something is what you give up to get it.

选择的机会成本就是你放弃该选择所受的损失。

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The opportunity cost of an item is what you give up to obtain that item.

某物的机会成本是为了得到它而放弃的东西。

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"So what you get may be cost, but what you give up may be the on-going relationship, the communication, the follow-up care, and things,traditionally, American patients have held very dear."

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I will just give you this one little slide so you get a sense of what we are up against.

这晨有一张片子,你会了解我们现在面临的是。

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What kind of advices could you give to people who are just starting up their business?

你能给刚开始创业的人提出什么建议吗？

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But the opportunity cost, meaning what you give up for being safe, is too high for an equity investor who in that case might do better in bonds.

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But there's another school of thought that seems to be the Obama approach: The value of bipartisanship is determined by what you give up in order to get it.

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Mr. JONES: And it was based not on material wealth, and it was based on who you were as a person and what you were willing to give up and what you were willing to do, not just for yourself, but for the elders, for the children, for those who come in behind you to make a path easier for them.

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